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By Adrian Darmon
Over 123.5 £ MILLION FOR SOTHEBY'S CONTEMPORARY ART SALE Sotheby's first contemporary art sale of the year held on February 10, 2015 held in London yielded £123,515,250 ($188.2 million) with 87% of lots sold, its highest ever for contemporary art in Britain. Link
147 MILLION GBP FOR CHRISTIE'S SALE OF IMPRESSIONIST, MODERN AND SURREALIST ART Christie's sale of Impressionist, Modern and Surrealist art held in London on February 4, 2015 art yielded an impressive £147 million, which exceeded estimates of £92.8–133.8 million, and in which 88 percent of the 80 lots offered were sold. Link
170 MILLION GBP FOR SOTHEBY'S SALE OF IMPRESSIONISTAND MODERN SALE IN LONDON
Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern art sale held in London on February 3, 2015 yielded 170,3 million GBP against a high estimate of 164 million for 46 lots sold out of 52.
The Surrealist section comprising 18 lots out of 23 totaled on its part 16,2 million GBP compared with a 18–26 million estimate.
2014, WAS THE BEST-EVER YEAR FOR CHRISTIE'S Christie's announced record results with art sales of £5.1 billion, up 12% ($8.4 billion, up 17%), for the year ending December 2014. Link
RECORD SALE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AT SOTHEBY'S N.Y
The single-owner sale “175 Masterworks To Celebrate 175 Years of Photography: Property from Joy of Giving Something Foundation" held at Sotheby's New York on December 11 and 12, 2014 established a new world record for a photography auction with a total of 21,325,063 USD .
OVER 40 MILLION USD FOR CHRISTIE'S INAUGURAL NEW YORK EXCEPTIONAL SALE With several world record prices, notably for an Adriaen De Vries' sculpture of the 16 th Century. Link
OVER 58 MILLION GBP FOR SOTHEBY'S SALES OF OLD MASTER & BRITISH PAINTINGS Sotheby's Evening Sale Of Old Master & British Paintings held in London on December 4 2014 soared above estimate to 54 million GBP confirming the group's long-held leadership in the category. Meanwhile, the Day sale realized 4,609,325 GBP. Link
WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR A 15th CENTURY THANGKA n an intense bidding competition which lasted 22 minutes (normally a lot takes one minute), a famous 15th century thangka was sold by Christie's China on November 25, 2014 for a record HK$348,400,000(US$45million). Link
WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR GEORGIA O'KEEFE Sotheby's recorded an unexpected success for its American art sale held in New York on November 20, 2014 which totaled 75.4 million USD when it sold Georgia O'Keeffe's painting "Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1"for 44.4 million US againt a high estimate of 15 million USD. Link
A RARE PORTRAIT BY LUCAS HORENBOUT OFFERED FOR SALE IN PARIS A rare miniature portrait on vellum painted around 1527 representing a theologian or a scholar attribued to Lucas Horenbout also called Hornebolte will be sold by the Binoche-Giquello group at the Paris Drouot salesrooms on November 26, 2014. Link
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Over 123.5 £ MILLION FOR SOTHEBY'S CONTEMPORARY ART SALE
