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ALMOST 205 MILLION USD FOR CHRISTIE'S NOVEMBER 7, 2012 SALE OF IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART Rare masterpiecesbyClaude Monet, WassilyKandinsky andConstantinBrancusiledtheNovember 7 2012 Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art at Christie's New York,realizing a grand totalof$204,800,000 (£129,024,000/€ 159,744,000) Link
THE DISCOVERY OF A YOUNGER MONA LISA BY DA VINCI, SIMPLY A JOKE A private group of investors based in Switzerland presented in Geneva on September 27, 2012 a little known version of a younger Mona Lisa, claiming it had been painted ten years before the famous painting hanging now in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
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SOTHEBY'S FARES WELL IN NEW YORK AND IN PARIS The Property from the Estate of Brooke Astor sold by Sotheby's in New York on September 24 and 25, 2012 achieved an outstanding total of $18,828,109. Buyers competed for paintings, drawings, Chinese works of art, furniture and decorative art from Mrs. Astor's New York City and Westchester residences, as well as jewelry from her personal collection. Link
CHRISTIE'S SALE OF OLD MASTER AND BRITISH PAINTINGS TOTALS OVER 85 MILLION GBP ON JULY 3,2012 IN LONDON Christie's evening auction of Old Master and British Paintings held in London on July 3, 2012 totalled £85,057,100 / $133,454,590/ €105,725,975, the highest ever total for the category. The sale was 84% sold by lot and 96% byvalue. Link
SOTHEBY'S JUNE 26-27 SALES OF CONTEMPORARY TOTAL 83 MILLION GBP
Sotheby's June 26-27 2012 sales of contemporary art totaled 83 million GBP with theEvening auction achieving £69,307,050 with 21 works selling for over £1 million.
CHRISTIE'S JUNE 27, 2012 SALE OF POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART TOTALS OVER 132 MILLION GBP Christie's Post-War&ContemporaryArt EveningAuction held on June 27, 2012 in London totalled£132,819,400($207,331,083 / €165,891,431),selling98%byvalueand87%bylot.ThisisthehighesttotalforanyauctionofPost-War& ContemporaryArt inEurope. Link
WORKS BY DODO BURGNER AT THE BEN URI GALLERY IN LONDON The Ben Uri gallery in London is staging from June 22 until September 9, 2012 an exhibition titled “The Inspiration of Decadence: Dodo Rediscovered - Berlin to London 1907-1998”,featuring Berlin émigré artist, Dodo Burgner (1907-1998) in the broader context of her émigré peers. Link
CHRISTIE'S JUNE 20, 2012 SALE OF IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART IN LONDON TheImpressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale at Christie's Londonon 20 June 2012 realised £92,583,550 / $145,541,341/ € 114,618,435, selling 80% by lot and 84% by value. The auction had a pre- sale estimate of £74.5 million to £108.7 million. Link
SOTHEBY'S SALE OF THE MUENSTENBERGER COLLECTION Link
SOTHEBY'S MAY 10 2012 SALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART YIELDS OVER 63,9 MILLION USD Sotheby's Contemporary Art Day Auction on 10 May 2012 in New York brought over $63.9 million. The highlight of the sale was Alexander Calder's standing mobile, The Orange Table, which sold for over $2.5 million - the highest price achieved for a work in a Contemporary Art Day sale at Sotheby's since May 2008. Link
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ALMOST 205 MILLION USD FOR CHRISTIE'S NOVEMBER 7, 2012 SALE OF IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART
