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By Adrian Darmon
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
KANDINSKY'S RECORD PRICE BROKEN TWICE Wassily Kandinsky's auction record was broken twice within minutes during Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern art sale held in London on June 21,2017 when his 1909 landscape with a green house sold for the equivalent of 26,4 million USD followed by his 1913 canvas titled “Bild mit Weissen Linien" (Painting With White Lines)”, which fetched 33 million pounds ($41.6 million with fees) Link
448 MILLION USD FOR CHRISTIE'S SALE OF POSTWAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART Christie's sale of postwar and contemporary art held at Rockefeller Center on May 17,2017, yielded a total of $448 million, not far from a 462 million expectation, simply because of a last-minute withdrawal of a major lot by Willem de Kooning estimated between 25 million and 35 million USD. Link
SOTHEBY'S SAVES ITS SALE OF IMPRESSIONNIST AND MODERN ART Sotheby's sale of Impressionist and Modern art held on May 16, 2017 in New York only yielded 173 million USD after its major lot by Egon Schiele was withdrawn. Link
A RARE NYC SUBWAY PLAQUE TAGGED BY KEITH HARING TO BE SOLD IN PARIS A rare NYC subway plaque tagged with a "Radiant Baby" by Keith Haring will be offered for sale by the Crait-Muller auction group on April 28, 2017 in Paris. Link
SOTHEBY'S CONTEMPORARY ART SALES FARED WELL Sotheby's Contemporary Art sales held during the first week in April achieved outstanding performance totaling HK$470 million/ US$60.2 million, a 50% increase from Autumn 2016 with 93% sell-through by lots. Link
SUCCESS FOR SOTHEBY'S SALE "MADE IN BRITAIN" Held on April 5, 2017, Sotheby'sMade in Britain sale in London went well beyond pre-sale expectations to realize a total of £ 2,605,752 with 90% of lots sold and 74% exceeding their high-estimates. Link
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SUCCESS FOR THE COLLECTION OF PRINCE MARC DE BEAUVAU-CRAON IN PARIS
