Artist: James Lee Byars
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Artists' Books & Ephemera from an Important Private Collection

15 March 2023

246 James Lee Byars

James Lee Byars

estimate: $1,000–1,500

result: $1,386

Art + Design

18 July 2019

456 James Lee Byars

collection of five envelopes mailed to Tommy Longo

estimate: $1,500–2,000

457 James Lee Byars

collection of three envelopes mailed to Tommy Longo

estimate: $1,000–1,500

458 James Lee Byars

letter mailed to Tommy Longo

estimate: $2,000–3,000

result: $2,000

459 James Lee Byars

text on paper strips

estimate: $2,000–3,000

460 James Lee Byars

letter on pink tissue paper sheets

estimate: $3,000–5,000

461 James Lee Byars

letter mailed to Tommy Longo

estimate: $2,000–3,000

462 James Lee Byars

collection of four exhibition announcements and envelopes

estimate: $300–500

463 James Lee Byars

letter mailed to Tommy Longo

estimate: $3,000–5,000

464 James Lee Byars

Untitled

estimate: $3,000–5,000

465 James Lee Byars

letter on red folded paper

estimate: $7,000–9,000

466 James Lee Byars

collection of five postcards mailed to Tommy Longo

estimate: $2,000–3,000

467 James Lee Byars

letter with printed border

estimate: $2,000–3,000

468 James Lee Byars

letter on pink paper

estimate: $2,000–3,000

469 James Lee Byars

text on painted pages

estimate: $3,000–5,000

470 James Lee Byars

letter mailed to Tommy Longo

estimate: $5,000–7,000

471 James Lee Byars

The Black Book

estimate: $1,500–2,000

472 James Lee Byars

Shorter Devil's Tail (letter to James Butler)

estimate: $3,000–5,000

473 James Lee Byars

collection of five postcards mailed to Tommy Longo

estimate: $2,000–3,000

474 James Lee Byars

letter mailed to Tommy Longo

estimate: $2,000–3,000

result: $2,250

475 James Lee Byars

collection of four postcards mailed to Tommy Longo

estimate: $2,000–3,000

result: $1,250

476 James Lee Byars

text on metallic gold paper

estimate: $2,000–3,000

result: $1,625

477 James Lee Byars

collection of three items

estimate: $300–500

result: $438

478 James Lee Byars

letter mailed to Tommy Longo

estimate: $1,000–1,500

479 James Lee Byars

collection of five postcards mailed to Tommy Longo

estimate: $2,000–3,000

480 James Lee Byars

letter on illustrated plate (Bern die Hauptstatt in Nicht)

estimate: $2,000–3,000

481 James Lee Byars

letter mailed to Tommy Longo

estimate: $1,000–1,500

482 James Lee Byars

collection of three announcements and envelope

estimate: $300–500

result: $195

483 James Lee Byars

100 Questions

estimate: $300–500

result: $715

484 James Lee Byars

collection of four performance announcements and ephemera

estimate: $200–300

result: $195

485 James Lee Byars

text on vellum

estimate: $500–700

result: $688

486 James Lee Byars

letter mailed to Tommy Longo

estimate: $300–500

result: $195

487 James Lee Byars

cut paper strip mailed to Tommy Longo

estimate: $200–300

result: $157

488 James Lee Byars

red paper cutout mailed to Tommy Longo

estimate: $300–500

result: $293

489 James Lee Byars

bookmark (Bamboo, Chinese woodcut, The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

estimate: $300–500

result: $125

20th Century Art

27 September 2018

119 James Lee Byars

PIITL (Perfect is in the Louvre)

estimate: $5,000–7,000

result: $5,000

Art + Design

18 January 2018

202 James Lee Byars

Untitled

estimate: $3,000–5,000

result: $9,375

Prints + Multiples

23 June 2016

136 James Lee Byars

The Black Book

estimate: $1,500–2,000

result: $1,500

Modern Art & Design

1 March 2015

97 James Lee Byars

Four in a Dress proposal

estimate: $300–500

result: $11,250

Modern Art & Design

19 May 2013

324 James Lee Byars

White Paper Will Blow Through the Streets

estimate: $1,500–2,000

result: $1,500

Living Contemporary

25 April 2013

133 James Lee Byars

Untitled

estimate: $10,000–15,000

result: $31,250

Important Modern Art & Design

11 December 2011

49 James Lee Byars

A White Paper Will Blow Through the Streets

estimate: $2,000–3,000

result: $1,875

Modern and Contemporary Art

16 May 2004

373 James Lee Byars

untitled

estimate: $2,000–3,000

result: $5,015

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Artist: James Lee Byars
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Artists' Books & Ephemera from an Important Private Collection

15 March 2023

Art + Design

18 July 2019

20th Century Art

27 September 2018

Art + Design

18 January 2018

Prints + Multiples

23 June 2016

Modern Art & Design

1 March 2015

Modern Art & Design

19 May 2013

Living Contemporary

25 April 2013

Important Modern Art & Design

11 December 2011

Modern and Contemporary Art

16 May 2004

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Artist: James Lee Byars
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