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By Adrian Darmon
CHRISTIE'S COMBINED SALES OF POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART TOTAL OVER 465 MILLION USD
Christie's sales of Post-War and Contemporary art held on May 8 and 9, 2012 in New York totalled 465,315 million USD, the best-ever result recorded at auction in two days.
SPATE OF WORLD RECORDS AT CHRISTIE'S SALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN NEW YORK Christie's recorded a quite impressive series of 14 new world records at its May 8, 2012 sale of Post-War and Contemporary evening sale in New York, notably regarding works by Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Gerhard Richter, Yves Klein and Alexander Calder. The sale totalled 388.5million USD(£240.9 million/€299.1 million), markingthehighest total everin auction Link
CHRISTIE'S SPRING AUCTIONS OF IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART ACHIEVE 150,7 MILLION USD
Christie's Impressionist and Modern ArtDayandWorks on Papersales held in New York on May 2, 2012 achieved $33,655,375 (£20,866,333/EUR25,578,085) with 83% of lots sold .
This sale crowned Christie's auctions of the week which saw Henri Matiss'es Fauvist still life “Les Pivoines” (The Peonies) and Paul Cézanne's watercolour study of the “Card players” each reach 19,1 million USD. This brought the grand total for Christie's spring Impressionist and Modern Art sales in New York to $150,741,375 (£93,459,653/ EUR114,563,445).
ART EXPERS IN THE EYES OF A CYCLONE By Adrian Darmon
Without a authentication certificate delivered by an established art expert any work of art would have strictly no value but following a series of scandals the specialists endowed with the monopoly of exerting a godly power during many years have met resistance from many collectors.
CHRISTIE'S POST WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART SALE TOPS THE £80 MILLION MARK Christie's evening
auction of Post-War & Contemporary Art held on February 14, 2012 in
London totalled £80,576,100 ($126,504,477 / EUR96,127,287) selling 95% by value
and 89% by lot.
CHRISTIE'S AUCTIONS OF IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART AND THE ART OF THE SURREAL IN LONDON The Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale
and the auction of Art of the Surreal held on February 7, 2012 at Christie's in
Londonn realised £134,999,400 / $213,299,052 / €162,269,279 selling 86% by
lotand 93% byvalue.Thesaleshadacombinedpre-saleestimateof£86.2millionto£127.1 million.
CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK SALES SERIES DEVOTED TO THE COLLECTION OF ELIZABETH TAYLOR ACHIEVES $156.8 MILLION ThelandmarkauctionsofTheCollectionofElizabethTaylorat Christie‟sNew YorkfromDecember3-17n 2001realizedacombinedtotalof$156,756,576(£100,324,209/ €120,702,563)withevery single item
sold.
HAUTE COUTURE AND FASHION ACCESSORIES FROM THE COLLECTION of liz taylor
The two-day sale series devoted to the haute couture, fashion and accessories portion of The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor held by Christie's on December 14 and 15, 2011realized a combined total of $5,586,913 (£3,631,493/ €4,301,923).
WORLD RECORDS FOR FIRST PART OF LIZ TAYLOR'S JEWELS'S SALE The first part of the sale of Liz
Taylor's collection of jewels organised on December 13, 2011 by Christie's in
New York realized 115,932,000 USD, thus becoming the most valuable jewelry
auction in history with seven world records recorded during the evening.
CHRISTIE'S FALL HONG KONG SALES FETCH 366 MILLIONS USD Christie's Hong Kong Autumn auctions held until November 30, 2011 realized a combined total of HK$2.85 billion (US$366 million) across 12 sales of paintings, wine, jewels, watches and works of art. Link
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CHRISTIE'S COMBINED SALES OF POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART TOTAL OVER 465 MILLION USD
