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By Adrian Darmon
RECORD TOTAL FOR ART DECO PIECES FROM THE BERGE-SAINT-LAURENT COLLECTION The sale of the Pierre
Bergé-Yves Saint-Laurent collection of Art Deco pieces achieved
remarkable results with a total turnover of over 59 millions euros on
February 24th 2009 in Paris despite the fact that many of the pieces
offered to buyers were not really outstanding, according to several specialists.
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TOP PRICES FOR OLD MASTER WORKS FROM THE BERGE-SAINT-LAURENT COLLECTION The sale of Old Master
and 19th Century paintings and drawings from the Yves Saint-Laurent and
Pierre Bergé collection totalled over 22 million euros on February
24th, 2009. Several world records were broken, notably for
Jacques-Louis David, Théodore Géricault, Jean-Dominique Ingres and
Arnold Böcklin.
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TREMENDOUS SUCCESS FOR FIRST DAY OF CHRISTIE'S SALE OF BERGE-ST LAURENT COLLECTION The
first session of the sale of the Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Bergé
collection devoted to Impressionist and Modern art works totalled a
record 206,154,600 euros for 59 lots sold out of 61 offered. Only two
works by Picasso, including a painting executed between 1914 and 1917,
carrying a too generous estimate of 25-30 million euros did not find
buyers. Link
CHRISTIE'S FEBRUARY 11 SALE OF POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART The Post-War
and Contemporary Art Evening Sale which took place at Christie's on February 11 2009 realized £8,392,750 / $12,085,560 / €9,332,738. The top
price of the evening was paid for Monkeys
(Ladder), 2003, by Jeff Koons (b.1955)whichwas offered at auction for
the first time and which sold for £1,385,250 / $1,994,760 / €1,540,398. Link
FALL FOR CHRISTIE'S ART SALES IN 2008 Christie's International, the world's leading art business, announced on February 12, 2009 that its 2008 art sales totalled £2.8 billion/$5.1 billion*. The results reflect an 11% decrease in £ (19% decrease in $) over 2007 sales against the difficult global economic backdrop. The results were achieved through more than 600 sales in 14 saleroom locations worldwide and include auction premiums as well as private sales of £267.6 million/$487.0 million. For the year, Christie's sold a total of 629 works of art at auction for over $1 million each. Link
HIGH PRICE FOR A TER BRUGGEN PAINTING A 1624 painting on canvas representing a bagpipe player in profile by the Dutch artist Hendrick Ter Bruggen (1588-1629) fetched 10,162,000 USD (Buyer's premium included) against a high estimate of 6 million USD during a sale held by Sotheby's on January 29th 2009 in New York. Link
CHRISTIE'S SALE OF IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART IN LONDON The Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale
took place at Christie's on February 4, 2009 in London realized
£63,428,750 / $91,210,543 / €70,088,769. The top price of the evening
was paid for Claude Monet's Dans la Prairie, 1876, which
was exhibited at the seminal third Impressionist Exhibition in 1877 and
which sold at this evening sale for £11,241,250 / $16,164,918 /
€12,421,581. At this evening's auction, 4 works of art sold for over £5
million / 16 over £1 million. Buyers (by lot / by origin) were 18% UK,
54% Europe not including UK, 26% Americas and 2% Asia. Link
THE DR GACHET ENORMOUS TRICKERY UNVEILED by Adrian Darmon
The
good doctor Paul Ferdinand Gachet (1828-1929) whom Van Gogh painted in 1890 a
famous portrait sold in New York a century later at an incredible price of $ 80
million was not a reliable man according to the artist whereas history would
tend to suggest that he took advantage of his brief relationship with the
latter to produce numerous fakes. Link
ARTCULT, WHAT ELSE ? By Adrian Darmon When I created the website www. Artcult.com (now www. Artcult.fr) some twelve years ago, I thought I would be the only one to use that name since I was the first to invent and use it without failing to have it registered on the Internet and patented in France. Link
WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR A RARE 17th CENTURY DIAMOND Christie's solda rare 17th Century blue diamond for over 16 millions pounds during a sale of jewels held in London on December 10, 2008.
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RECORD TOTAL FOR ART DECO PIECES FROM THE BERGE-SAINT-LAURENT COLLECTION
