Sotheby's 30 January 2014 auctions of Old Master paintings and sculpture achieved over $67 million especially during the morning session with a group of works from the Dutch Golden Age performing exceptionally well.
These were led by an important rediscovery by Gerrit van Honthorst, A merry group behind a balustrade with a violin and a lute player, which soared to 7.6 million USD, more than double the high estimate. The annunciation by El Greco far exceeded expectations, reaching 5.9 million USD, over a high estimate of 1.5 million.
The afternoon's themed sale, The Courts of Europe: Renaissance to Rococo performed over the high estimate, bringing 16.4 million USD. A sculpture attributed to Willem van Tetrode, Samson slaying the Philistine, achieved over double the high estimate at 3.3 million USD. Multiple bidders drove the price of Portrait of a gyrfalcon, viewed from three sides, to 3.2 million USD, more than triple the high estimate.
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