Salvador Dali Auction Results Watch

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Bryans Nylons Vintage Magazine Ad (1946).

Auction end date: 1/1/2012
Sale price: $125
Details: linen backed; 9" x 12.25".

Thursday, August 16, 2012

"After" Dali Pastiche: "Cosmic Cavalier Horseman."

Auction end date: 12/29/2011
Sale price: $390
Details: 14" x 19"; No. EA.
NOTE: Field catalog states that this print is not an image created by Dali, but a pastiche created by an unknown hand, published by Leon Amiel circa 1982, which is later than the date Dali stopped signing prints on paper (Field p. 238). Therefore, this is a Dali imitation, and the signature is a forgery (Field p. 233).

Teatro Museo Inauguration Poster: "Spring Explosive."

Auction end date: 12/23/2011
Sale price: $75
Details: features "Spring Explosive" (ref. Field 65-3); "The Guild" COA on back.

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Air India Ashtray by Salvador Dali.

Auction end date: 12/21/2011
Sale price: $163
Details: three nicks on the bottom; part of a trunk is broken off/missing; No. 158.

El Salvador 1 Colon Coin with "La Fecundidad" by Salvador Dali.

Auction end date: 12/20/2011
Sale price: $19
Details: none provided.

Salvador Dali Etching FORGERY: Song of Songs of Solomon: "Grapes" (Let him kiss mee...).

Auction end date: 12/18/2011
Sale price: $331
Details: 10" x 16" image on Arches paper, No. EA.
NOTE: This purports to be an original etching from the "Song of Songs of Solomon" intaglio suite officially titled Let him kiss mee with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine (Field #71-17B; p. 70). In fact, this print is a forgery. It is a Leon Amiel (yikes!) restrike (Field p. 238). The COA title "Grapes" makes this determination easy. A COA like this affixed to the back of any Dali print is usually a bad sign. Getting the title of the print incorrect only seals the deal. In the best case scenario, this forgery is made from the original plate, but the signature is not by the hand of Dali.