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By Adrian Darmon
CHRISTIE'S SALE OF IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART REALIZES OVER158 MILLION USD IN NEW YORK Christie's sale of I m p r e s s i o n i s t & M o d e r n art held in New York on May 8, 2013 totalled 158,505,000 (inclusive of buyers' costs) with a world auction price of 18,043, 750 USD recorded for Chaïm Soutine's "Le Petit Pâtissier" painted circa 1927. Link
CEZANNE'S « APPLES » SELL FOR OVER 41,5 MILLION USD IN NEW YORK Paul Cézanne's “Les Pommes” sold for $41.6 million USD (buyer's premium included) on May 7, 2013 in New York, the top bid in a 230 million USD Impressionist and modern art sale held by Sotheby's. Link
A SLOW MOVING ART MARKET Sales volumes on the art market fell 7% during the first quarter of 2013 compared to 2012 as a result of a parallel 50% fall in value on the Chinese market. Link
SUCCESS FOR SOTHEBY'S ORIENTALIST SALE HELD ON APRIL 23, 2013 IN LONDON The Orientalist Sale held by Sotheby's on April 23, 2013 in London achieved a total of £6.3 million, well in excess of the pre-sale high estimate (£2.6-3.8 million). New records were also set for Hermann Corrodi, Rudolf Weisse, and Georges Bretegnier. Link
DEATH OF IRISH ARTIST REGINALD GRAY by Adrian Darmon Irish portrait artist Reginald Gray who notably produced a portrait from life of fellow-countryman Francis Bacon now in the National Portrait Gallery in London died at 82 in Paris after a cancer illness. Link
CHINESE GIRL BY TRETCHIKOFF SELLS FOR ALMOST 1,5 MILLION USD AT BONHAM'S Vladimir Tretchikoff's painting "Chinese Girl" sold for almost 1,5 million USD, twice its pre-sale estimate- on March 20, 2013 at Bonham's in London. Link
A RATHER LOW RETURN FOR PHILLIPS' SALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART Phillips' sale of contemporary art held on February 14, 2013 yielded a mere 9,762,950 GBP against pre-sale estimates of 10 to 15 million with 21 lots sold out of 33 offered to bidders. Link
CHRISTIE'S ART OF THE SURREAL SALE REALIZES OVER 136 MILLION GPB The Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale and the auction of The Art of the Surrealwhich
took place on the evening of 6 February 2013 at Christie's in London,
realized £136,462,100/ $213,426,725/ €157,340,801 selling 89% by lot
and 94% by value. Link
LUCIAN FREUD'S MEMORABLE GIFT TO BRITAIN As a thank you to Great Britain for welcoming his family after fleeing Nazism to seek refuge there in 1933, the late artist Lucian Freud has left a prized Corot painting which is now on display at the National Gallery in London. Link
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CHRISTIE'S SALE OF IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART REALIZES OVER158 MILLION USD IN NEW YORK
