DALLAS, TX.- The results of Heritage's October 16 Prints & Multiples Signature® Auction, coming in at $3.4 million (with buyer's premium) over 115 lots with 99.6% sell-through, continued to prove the auction house's strength in editioned works of Modernism and Pop Art while expanding substantively into works by major contemporary artists. Works by Andy Warholtook the top five spots in the results (and, in fact, 10 spots in the top 20) and won the day with five auction records broken. M.C. Escher's Stars also broke an auction record.

"Record-breaking results and remarkable enthusiasm proved that great prints inspire great competition," says Desiree Pakravan, Heritage's Consignment Director of Prints and Multiples based in Beverly Hills, CA. "Our collectors demonstrated tremendous confidence in the market. The desire for prints is more dynamic than ever."

While an Andy Warhol Marilyn (1967) screenprint took top honors in the auction at $425,000, it was the next four lots in the top results that kicked off the artist's record-breaking streak. Each print from a complete portfolio of four Birth of Venus screenprints (1984), offered individually, broke their auction records: Three sold for $212,500 and one for $175,000. A screenprint from Warhol's series Flowers (1970), coming in at the ninth spot in the sale at $106,250, also broke its previous auction record.

M.C. Escher had a good day on the block: His wood engraving on paper, Stars (1948), broke that work's auction record, selling at $100,000.

Other excellent results among the top 20 lots include Richard Diebenkorn's High Green, Version I (1992) aquatint which brought $112,500; Ed Ruscha's evocative Made in California (1971) screenprint which sold for $87,500; Roy Lichenstein's Crying Girl (1963) lithograph which sold for $40,000; and Charles White's Folk Singer (Voice of Jericho) from 1958, from the collection of director-producer Stanley Kramer, sold for $37,500. A Men in the Cities lithograph by Robert Longo, Rick (1994), sold for $32,500.

"Warhol continues to lead, but the real story is the depth of interest across the Postwar field," says Rebecca Lax, Heritage's Consignment Director for Prints and Multiples based in NYC. "We're seeing collectors respond to the freshness and accessibility of these works — and they're driving a market that's not only thriving but evolving in real time."