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By Adrian Darmon
OVER 31 MILLION EUROS FOR SOTHEBY'S CONTEMPORARY ART SALES IN PARIS Sotheby's achieved their best result in the field of Contempary art in France since 2001 with a sale held in Paris on December 6 and 7 which totalled €29,049,750, exceeding its presale estimate of €16-23 million, while contemporary artworks from an Italian collection achieved €1,853,500. Link
DAVID BOWIE'S ART COLLECTION DOUBLED ITS GLOBAL ESTIMATE Every lot found a buyer in the first of Sotheby's two-day sale of theDavid Bowiecollection held in London on November 9, 2016 and the pre-sale estimate of £8.1 million to £11.7 million was easily smashed to reach a total of £24.3 million. Link
CLAUDE MONET HITS THE CEILING AT CHRISTIE'S A Claude Monet painting titled "Meule", partpart of his famous grainstack series, was sold at auction by Christie's in New York on November 15, 2016 for 81.4 million dollars, a record for the French master. Link
CHRISTIE'S POSTWAR AND CONTEMPORARY SALE BRINGS $277 MILLION Despite a $ 277 million turnover, Christie's Postwar and contemporary sale held in New York on November 15, 2016 but it seemed the market has been slowing down during the past year. Link
SOTHEBY'S IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART DAY SALE BRINGS $38.8 MILLION
SOTHEBY'Ssale of Impressionist & Modern art held in New York on November 15, 2016 brought $ 38.8 million led by the phenomenal
results for a selection of bronze sculptures by Diego Giacometti, which together sold for $6.8 million.
MUNCH'S PAINTING PROPELS SOTHEBY'S IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART SALE Edvard Munch's stunningPikene på broen (Girls on the Bridge) from 1902 brought $54.5 million, making it the second-highest auction price for any work by the artist afterThe Screamandhelping propel Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art Evening sale total to $157.7 million on November 14 2016 in New York. Link
SOTHEBY'S FRIEZE WEEK SALE TOTALLED OVER 83 MILLIONS GBP Sotheby's Frieze week sale series totalled £83.5 million, exceeding its top estimate. The Contemporary Art Evening Auction alone realised £48 million, the highest amount ever achieved during Frieze week. The sale was led by two works by Gerhard Richter and Jean-Michel Basquiat, which both went over £10 million. Link
CHRISTIE'S SALES FELL BY 33% DURING THE FIRST HALF YEAR OF 2016 Christie's global sales during the first half of 2016 totaled 3 billion USD, a 33% drop in US dollar terms compared with the same period in 2015 when sales amounted to 4,5 billion. Link
STRONG RESULT FOR CHRISTIE'S SALE OF OLD MASTERS The Old Master and British Evening Sale held by Christie's in London on July 7,2016 achieved £65,390,100 with a £44,882,500 bid on Peter Paul Rubens's Lot and his Daughters, Link
SOTHEBY'S SALE OF MASTERPIECES TOTALS ALMOST 32 MILLION GBP Including Old Master paintings, sculpture and works of art,masterpieces offered for sale at Sotheby's on July 5 and 6,2016 sold for a combined 31,831,191 GBP with auction records for works by Marten van Cleve the Elder, Niccolo di der Sozzo, Pacino di Bonaguida, Barthel Beham, Jean-Etienne Liotard, Louis-Gabriel Blanchet, Dominic Serres, Peter Lely and Jan Brueghel the Elder. Link
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OVER 31 MILLION EUROS FOR SOTHEBY'S CONTEMPORARY ART SALES IN PARIS
