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By Adrian Darmon
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
SUPERB NIGHT FOR CHRISTIE'S IN NEW YORK Christie's sale of postwar and contemporary art held on Wednesday 12, November 2014 realized 852.9 million US—way above the 600 million estimate 15 artist records set. Link
SUCCESS FOR THE MELLON SALE AT SOTHEBY'S A group of 43 masterworks from the estate of Rachel Lambert Mellon, better known as Bunny, and other lots sold above expectations at Sotheby's on November 10, 2014with high prices fetched by works by Mark Rothko, Jasper Johns and Gerhard Richter. Link
RECORD SALE OF JEWELS BY CHRISTIE'S Christie's Geneva sale of Magnificent Jewels held in Geneva on November 11, 2014 achieved SFr.147,256,875/ US$150,216,738 / €120,853,717, selling 89% by lot and 94% by value, realizing the highest total for any Magnificent Jewels sale in the world. Link
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RECORD SALE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AT SOTHEBY'S N.Y
