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By Adrian Darmon
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.
SUCCESS FOR THE COLLECTION OF PRINCE MARC DE BEAUVAU-CRAON IN PARIS The success of the sale of the spectacular collection of Prince Marc de Beauvau-Craon soldby Sotheby's in September 2017 in Paris bore witness to the history of this dynasty. It was a tribute to this great patron of the arts: husband to Laure, Président-directeur général of Sotheby's Paris from 1991 to 2003. Link
MITIGATED RESULTS FOR SOTHEBY'S FIRST SALE OF ITS FRIEZE WEEK AUCTION Sotheby's inaugurated its Frieze week auctions on October 5, 2017 in London with a £50.3 million sale (including buyers' premium) against an overall estimate of £60 million, its best for an October contemporary art sale in London. Link
CHRISTIE'S SLIGHTLY SURPASSES SOTHEBY'S Finding the help of strong Asian biddings and thanks to a record for a Max Beckmann painting during its sale of Impressionist and Modern art held in London on June 28,2017, Christie's edged past Sotheby's with a total of 149.5 million GBP, just above its lower overall estimate. Link
SOTHEBY'S SALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART FARES WELL IN LONDON Buoyed by 16 guaranteed bids, meaning effective private sales, Sotheby's totaled 62.4 million GBP, level with its high estimate, with 95% of lots sold mostly under estimates at its contemporary art sale held in London on June 28, 2017. This amount was up 20 percent from last June, but quite far from the 130 million totals of June 2012 and 2015. Link
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