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
HUGE SCANDAL ROCKS THE PARIS ART MARKET by Adrian Darmon A huge scandal has rocked the Paris art market following the arrests of two of its main representatives suspected of having sold fake pieces of furniture, notably to the royal chateau of Versailles. Link
TWO DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT LINCOLN SOLD FOR 4,5 MILLION USD Two documents signed by Abraham Lincoln in his drive to abolish slavery in the 19th century have sold for more than $4.5 million at Sotheby's on May 25, 2016 in New York. Link
BAD SALE FOR IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN WORKS AT CHRISTIE'S Christie's Impressionist and modern sale on Thursday, May 12, 2016 totaled $141 million, just at the low tip of the $138.3 million to $203.4 million range. Of 51 lots on offer, one was withdrawn) and 44 were sold. Link
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SOTHEBY'S IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART DAY SALE BRINGS $38.8 MILLION
