Demand concentrated around blue-chip Pop and Modern prints, with multiple Warhol results setting new highs.
By Intelligent Collector Staff | October 17, 2025
Heritage’s October 16 Prints & Multiples Signature® Auction closed at $3.4 million (buyer’s premium included) with a near-total sell-through — and the top end of the results reads like a guide to where print collectors are currently most aggressive: Warhol, iconic images, and scarce, highly recognizable works.
A leading result came from Andy Warhol’s Marilyn imagery: One Work, from Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn), 1967, the print cited as the auction’s top result. Flowers, 1970 was another record-setting lot from a series that remains a benchmark for Pop print collecting.
Warhol’s broader strength showed up again in One Work, from Details of Renaissance Paintings (Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, 1482), 1984, one of several Birth of Venus prints that Heritage says broke their prior auction records when sold individually from a complete portfolio.
M.C. Escher also set a new mark with Stars, 1948, a reminder that “trophy” in prints isn’t limited to Pop. Beyond the headline records, the sale’s depth was reinforced by strong results for Postwar and contemporary names, including Ed Ruscha’s Made in California, 1971 and Richard Diebenkorn’s High Green, Version I, 1992.
The takeaway is less about a single artist and more about what keeps winning right now: instantly legible images, strong condition, and works that sit at the center of an artist’s market narrative.
Source: Heritage Auctions press release (Oct. 17, 2025).