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CHRISTIE'S JULY CLASSIC WEEK TOTALS OVER 72 MILLION GBP Comprising a total of 14 live auctions and online sales, with works of art dating from antiquity to the 20th century, Christie's London Classic Week sales in July 2018 collectively realized £72,376,000. The top lot of the series was a gift from Louis XIV to his son, the Grand Dauphin, Hercules Overcoming Acheloüs, circa 1640-50 by Florentine sculptor Ferdinando Tacca (1619-1686). The bronze sold in The Exceptional Sale 2018 for £6,758,750, setting a new world record price for the artist at auction. Link
SALES HELD IN LONDON TOTALED 77.7 MILLION GBP The sales conducted by Sotheby's in London during the first week of July 2018 totaled of £77.7 million, with strong results for Old Master and British paintings and drawings, decorative arts, sculptures and antiquities Link
CHRISTIE'S SALE OF OLD MASTER AND BRITISH PAINTINGS ACHIEVES 31 MILLION GBP The Old Masters & British Paintings Evening Sale held by Christie's in London on July 5 2018 totaled 31,18 million GBP with 45 lots sold Total: £31,187,000 / $41,229,214 / €35,241,310 74% sold by lot
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FINE RESULT FOR PHILLIPS IN LONDON Phillips reached its highest estimate for a June contemporary art sale in London with a total of more than 34 million GBP for 31 lots during itssale of post-war and contemporary art held on June 27 2018. Link
CHRISTIE'S SALE IN LONDON REVIVES THE ART MARKET The Impressionist and Modern market has been on a kind of revival with Christie's sale of Impressionist and Modern art held in London on June 20,2018 which yielded 128.1 million GBP just near its high estimate, its second highest June sale in this domain since 2012. Link
CHRISTIE'S SALE OF MODERN BRITISH ART YIELDED 26,38 MILLION GBP IN LONDON Christie's sale of Modern British Art yieled 26.387 million GBP with 94% of the 48 lots sold marking a 30% rise over last year's total. Link
SOTHEBY'S SALE OF IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART TOTALS A LOW FIGURE OF 87,5 MILLION GBP Sotheby's sale of Impressionist & Modern Art held in London on June 19 2018 achieve a total of 87.5 million GBP with collectors demonstrating some interest in a wide range of pieces spanning the entire field which saw Pablo Picasso's "Buste de Femme" (1932) reaching 27,3 million at ten times the 2,4 million it achieved at auction in 1997 but overall the sale was rather a disappointment. Link
GERMAN RECORD FOR A MAX BECKMANN PAINTING IN BERLIN The auction house Grisebach in Berlin sold on June 2 2018 a Max Beckmann painting for a premium-inclusive 5.5 million euros, the highest price ever paid for a painting at an auction in Germany. Link
CHRISTIE'S ASIAN SALE ACHIEVES A TOTAL OF 7,49 MILLION EUROS IN PARIS The Asian art sale organised at Christie's on June 13 2018 achieved a total of 7,497,000 euros selling 79% by lot and 90% by value.The top lot of the sale was a rare and important gilt-bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni, which sold for 967,500 euros against a presale estimate of 300,000-500,000 euros. Link
SOTHEBY'S SALES OF EUROPEAN ART AND MASTER PAINTINGS TOTAL 23.4 MILLION USD IN NEW YORK Sotheby's sales of European art and master paintings held on May 22 in New York yielded 23.4 million USD with six William Bouguereau's works totaling 4.6 million. Link
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CHRISTIE'S JULY CLASSIC WEEK TOTALS OVER 72 MILLION GBP
