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Phillips' sale of contemporary art held on February 14, 2013 yielded a mere 9,762,950 GBP against pre-sale estimates of 10 to 15 million with 21 lots sold out of 33 offered to bidders.

The auction house fared better than last year when it realized 5,7 million GBP thanks to some beefy bids, notably that of 724,450 GBP, just above the low estimate- for Cecily Brown's large oil on linen titled “East of Eden”.

Nate Lowman's silkscreen on canvas titled “Green escalade” fetched 337, 250 GBP, well above its high estimate of 80,000 GBP while Ryan Sullivan's oil on canvas titled “July 24,2011-September 28, 2011” (2011), that sold for 91,250 GBP against a high estimate of 40,000 GBP.

Christopher Wool's enamel on aluminium “Untitled (P271)” produced in 1997 went for 1,665,  and Mark Grotjahn's pencil abstract work on paper “Untitled (Black and Canary Yellow butterfly) realised in 2008 sold for 457,250 GBP.

Andy Warhol's “Tomato Juice Box” in silkscreen ink on panel from 1964 fetched 223,250 GBP under its low estimate of  200,000 GBP while his “Hammer and Sickle” of 1977 went for 247,250 GBP

Jean-Michel Basquiat's “Untitled” pastel, oil stick, coloured crayon and charcoal on paper from 1982 painstakingly sold for 1,945,250 GBP against a low estimate of  1.8million while Dubuffet's “Le Chien Rodeur” from 1955 fetched 325,250 GBP well under its low estimate of 400,000.