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By Adrian Darmon
ONLY £130 MILLION FOR SOTHEBY'S SALE OF CONTEMPORARY IN LONDON Sotheby's sale of Contemporary art held in London on July 1, 2015 only achieved £130,4 million, a fine total however 12 million short from its low expectations as four of its top lots were unsold. Link
OVER 18 MILLION GBP FOR PHILLIP'S SALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN LONDON
150 MILLION USD FOR CHRISTIE'S SALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN LONDON
Christie's realised £95.6 million, or $150.1 million for its sale of Contemporay art held in London on June 30, 2015, of sales, well within the pre-sale estimate of £82/117 million (prices include the buyer's premium) while 30 lots sold on or below the low estimate with little bidding, and no less than four gerhard Richter's paintings, including two abstracts, were unsold.
OVER 112 MILLION USD FOR CHRISTIE'S SALE OF IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART IN LONDON Christie's Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale held on June 24, 2015 realised £71,461,000 with strong sell-through rates of 84% by lot and 92% by value. Link
NEW RECORD PRICE FOR MONDRIAN An oil painting by Dutch artist Piet Mondrian sold for a record $50.6m (£32.1m) against a high estimate of 25 million at an auction held on May 15, 2015 by Christie's in New York. Link
ALMOST 380 MILLION USD FO SOTHEBY'S IN NEW YORK Sotheby's evening sale of contemporary art held on May 12, 2015 in New York realized $379.7 million, well over the presale expectation of upwards of $320 million but failed to register impressive prices with 55 lots out of 63 sold. Link
WORLD RECORD PRICES FOR PICASSO AND GIACOMETTI Picasso's Women of Algiers has become the most expensive painting to sell at auction, going for $160m (£102.6m) on May 11, 2015 at Christie's in New York. Link
ALMOST 9,5 MILLION USD FOR CHRISTIE'S SALE OF SWISS ART IN ZURICH The Swiss Art Sale held by Christie's in Zurich on May 5, 2015 realized Sfr 8,548,680 ($ 9,489,035) with a work titled "Femme"(3e Recherche) by Le Corbusier (1887-1965) which fetched a World record price of Sfr 3,120,000 (inclusive of costs) against a pre-sale high estimate of 600,000. Link
RARE MONET PAINTING TO BE SOLD BY CHRISTIE'S ON MAY 11 2015 Estimated at US$35-45 million, Le Parlement, soleil couchant by Claude Monet will be among the top lots of Christie's Looking Forward to the Past evening auction on May 11, a curated selection of top-quality works that explores the most innovative artists and movements of the 20th Century. Link
OVER £ 117 MILLION FOR CHRISTIE'S SALE OF POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART IN LONDON Christie'sPost-War & Contemporary Artevening auction held on February 11, 2015 realised atotal of £117,142,500 selling 95% by value with outstanding sell-through rates. Link
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ONLY £130 MILLION FOR SOTHEBY'S SALE OF CONTEMPORARY IN LONDON
