Wayne Thiebaud Leads Bonhams $801,700 Prints & Multiples Online Auction
3 min read · 26 Feb 2026
Valley Farm by Wayne Thiebaud sold for $38,400. Image courtesy of Bonhams
A work by Wayne Thiebaud was the headline sale at Bonhams 'Prints & Multiples Online' auction on February 16-25 in Los Angeles.
- The sale totaled $801,700, exceeding the pre-sale high estimate.
Snapshot of the sale
- 208 works sold totaling $801,700.
- Estimates totaled: $516,000 (low) and $771,300 (high), excluding premiums.
- The sell-through rate was 92% of the original 226 lots announced.
The star lot was: Wayne Thiebaud, Valley Farm (1993), which sold for $38,400, 284% above its $10,000 low estimate.
Greek and Turkish Forms by Ben Nicholson sold for $11,500 (1340% above estimate). Image courtesy of Bonhams
The outperformer sold for 1340% above its low estimate. Ben Nicholson, Greek and Turkish Forms (1968), sold for $11,500 ($800 low estimate). It has not been traded before.
- 97 works, or 47%, sold above their high estimate.
- 67 works, or 32%, sold within their low and high estimate.
- 44 works, or 21%, sold below their low estimate.
- 0 sold with undisclosed estimates.
Guaranteed sales
No sales had a guarantee.
Works that did not sell
18 works were bought-in, including: Jasper Johns, Cicada, from Eight Lithographs to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts (1981), estimated at $15,000 (low) to $20,000 (high).
Withdrawn before the sale
0 works were withdrawn
Terms and definitions
All results include the fees and premiums added to the price of a work of art when the auctioneer's hammer falls. Sale prices are compared to the auction house’s low estimate, which do not include premiums.
Guarantees: Sometimes an auction house guarantees to pay a seller for a work, regardless of whether the bidding reaches the reserve price, a figure that is typically confidential.
Bought-in: If there are no bids for a work, or if bidding falls short of the reserve price, the lot is unsold or “bought-in”.
Withdrawn: This happens when a seller decides, for whatever reason, to withdraw a work before the bidding begins.
Premiums: Typically a sliding-scale of charges paid in addition to the hammer price by the buyer, plus any other fees.
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