Christie's New York Exceptional Sale organised on
December 11, 2014 realized $40,897,000 in achieving notably strong results.
Christie's 2014
Exceptional Sales, one in New York and one in London, achieved a combined total
of $93,989,935.
The sale achieved six world auction records, including a Bronze
Bacchic Figure Supporting The Globe by Adriaen De Vries, 1626 , which fetched $27,885,000 , a world Auction Record for the
Artist and a World Auction Record for Any Early European
Sculpture
An Important And Rare
Imperial Double-Dragon Carpet, Wanli Period (1573-1619) sold for a world record price of $665,000 while a Marble Group Of Venus And Cupid
Kissing by Joseph-Charles Marin (1759-1834), Executed In Rome, Circa 1808-10 was knocked down at a world record price of $485,000 for the Artist .
A magnificent German
Silver And Silver-Gilt Torah Ark made by Johann Christoph Müller, Breslau,
1746-1758 from the Rothschild collection sold for $1,565,000 , a world Auction Record for a Judaic Object while patinated-bronze
Figure Of The Genius Of Liberty By Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, Cast By Soyer Et
Ingé, Paris, Dated 1835 fetched a record $425,000 for the Artist .
Finally, a bronze model
Of Juno by Michel Anguier, After A Model Of 1652 dating from the late 17th
Century sold for $221,000 , a world
Auction Record for the Artist.