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By Adrian Darmon
A 30 MILLION DOLLAR BOWL An extremely rare Qing Dynasty bowl made for the Chinese emperor Kangxi fetched US$30.4 million (HK$239 million) at auction in Hong Kong on April 3, 2018, Sotheby's said. Link
CHRISTIE'S POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTION FARED RELATIVELY WELL Christie's post-war and contemporary art auction held in London on March 6, 2018 fared relatively well with 60 lots sold for 137,459,750 GBP and 22,621,250 GBP bid for Andy Warhol's "Six self-portraits" executed in 1986. Link
FINE RESULTS FOR CHRISTIE'S IN 2017 Christie's announced total global sales increased 26% in 2017 to £5.1 billion ($6.6 billion, up 21%), led by the record breaking sale of Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, selling for $450.3 million (£342.2 million) in November in New York. Link
OLD MASTERS FARED RATHER WELL IN LONDON The Old Master Sales held during the first week of December 2017 in London totaled 58 million GBP altogether at Christie's, Sotheby's and Bonhams showing there was renewed interest in these paintings. Link
FINE RESULTS AT KETTERER With total proceeds of around € 25 million and a sales quota of up to 85% by lots, the autumn auction at Ketterer Kunst in Munich realized a solid result with a work by Ernst Wilhelm Nay providing ecstasy in the saleroom. Link
CHRISTIE'S FARED WELL IN PARIS IN 2017 Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Sales in 2017 achieved a combined annual total of €96,553,150 the highest realized in France to date with the December Evening and Day auctions totalling €21,447,000 Link
OVER 479 MILLION USD FOR CHRISTIE'S SALE OF IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART Christie's evening sale of Impressionist and Modern art at Rockefeller Center on November 13, 2017 realized $479.3 million, a total that far exceeded the overall presale estimate of $360 million. Link
WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR A MAN RAY PHOTOGRAPH
Christie's France realized nearly 5 million euros for its Photographs auctions on Thursday 9 November, 2017 with the highly anticipated masterpiece by Man Ray sold at a world record price of 2, 688, 750 euros to an anonymous telephone bidder after a long bidding battle between 4 clients on the phone and 3 clients present in the room
CHRISTIE'S SALES HELD DURING FIAC YIELD OVER 88 MILLION EUROS
Christie's second edition of 20th Century sales week, held during FIAC, was a celebration of Modern, Post-War and Contemporary art and demonstrated a strong position in Paris, realizing a combined total of €88,5M. The week started on a high point with the sale of Grande Femme II by Alberto Giacometti which sold for an impressive €25 millionin the curated Paris Avant-Garde sale which totaled €38,66 million. The Modern art auction followed the next day with 73 lots sold for a strong €10,3 million. The exceptional Prat collection closed this flagship week of sales with the remarkable Jean-Michel Basquiat's painting which sold for €15 million bringing the grand total for this collection to €39,554,613 selling 91,5% by lot and 98% by value.Christie's Global President, Jussi Pylkkänen, selling the Jean-Michel Basquiat painting for €15M, becoming the most expensive painting sold in France in 201
Christie's Frieze Week auctions in London concluded on Saturday 7 October with a record breaking total of £179,609,250, the highest figure ever achieved for a week of Post-War and Contemporary Art auctions in Europe.
The highest figure for an evening of PostWar and Contemporary Art in Europe was reached at Christie's on Friday 6 October, which achieved £134,076,500. Records were set across the week with 17 artist records, including some of the most celebrated and sought-after names in contemporary art including Antony Gormley, Grayson Perry, Howard Hodgkin, Robert Mapplethorpe, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Hurvin Anderson.
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