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Art enthusiasts in Dubai crowded Christie's saleroom on March 19 2014 to compete for the 140 art works which sold for a total of $10,648,250 (AED39,111,022), an increase of 65% on last year's sale total.

Christie's 16^th consecutive season in the region, was the first to be held to coincide with Dubai Art Week. The Pharos Collection of Modern Egyptian Art, expected to sell for around $1.4 million, made $3,895,500. The top lot of the sale, also from the Collection, was Abdul Hadi El-Gazzar's (Egyptian, 1925-1965) Construction of the Suez Canal which sold for $1,023,750, a new world auction record for the artist.

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[All sold prices include buyer's premium]  140 lots sold Total: $10,648,250 / AED 39,111,022  

(Egyptian Masterpieces from the Pharos Art Collection Totaled: $3,895,500/AED 14,308,171)  93% sold by lot

156 lots offered $1= 3.673 AED  90% sold by value

 Lot Description Estimate ($) Price Realized Buyer's premium included

24

Abdul Hadi El-Gazzar (Egyptian, 1925-1965),  Construction of the Suez Canal

estimate:100,000 - 150,000 :$1,023,750 AED 3,760,234 WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION Anonymous buyer

6 Mahmoud Saïd (Egyptian, 1897-1964), HAGUER

Estimate: 150,000 - 200,000 : $663,750 AED 2,437,954 Anonymous

184

Ali Banisadr (Iranian, b. 1976),

Black 3

Estimate 120,000 - 180,000 :$339,750  AED 1,247,902  WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION Middle East Private

101

Shaker Hassan Al Said (Iraqi, 1925-2004)

Ta'imlat Mowdou'i (MEDITATIONS)

Estimate 100,000 - 150,000 : $207,750 AED 763,066 Middle East Privvate

107

Dia Al-Azzawi (Iraqi, b. 1939)

Samt Lam Yantehi Mada (Neverending Silence)

 Estimate: 70,000 - 90,000 :$207,750 AED 763,066 Middle East Private

197 Farhad Moshiri (Iranian, b. 1963), Untitled

Estimate: 80,000 - 120,000 $207,750 AED 763,066 Middle East Private

178

Ali Omar Ermes (Libyan, b. 1945),

The Sixth Ode

Estimate120,000 - 180,000 :$195,750 AED 718,990 WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION  Anonymous

33

Adam Henein (Egyptian, b. 1929),

 Labour Estimate 80,000 - 120,000 : $171,750 AED 630,838   WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION Middle East Private

39

Hassan Soliman (Egyptian, 1944-2008),

The Last Supper

Estimate 80,000 - 120,000:$171,750 AED 630,838 WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION  Anonymous

102

Shaker Hassan Al Said (Iraqi, 1925-2004),

Al Deek Al Faseeh

Estimate 80,000 – 100,000 :$171,750 AED 630,837 WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION  Middle East Private buyer