The sale made £19,063,350 with premium. 34 of 40 lots sold for an 85% sell through.
There were records for Joana Vasconcellos and Alighiero Boetti.
Also of Interest:
- Lot by Lot: Christie’s London Cont. Evening Sale
(Refresh browser for updates ~ all prices are with premium included) Jules de Balincourt opens the sale with £67,250 Liu... - Lot by Lot: Phillips de Pury Cont. Evening Sale, London
All prices are for hammer without premiums. (Inka Essenhigh’s Lot 33 withdrawn from the sale.) Simon starts off with Gert... - Lot by Lot: Sotheby’s London Contemporary Evening Sale
(Refresh for updates) Dubuffet that has never been on the market since it was painted in 1962 goes for £325k... - Sotheby’s Evening Cont. Sale, London
Sotheby’s Evening Sale total: £54,074,450/ $84,761,700 That’s £10m above the high estimate. Chris Ofili’s dung painting goes for £800k, more... - The Response to Sotheby’s London Cont. Evening Sale
Scott Reyburn at Bloomberg throws a little cold water on the good post-sale vibes with this quote: “The sales are...
including premium, it works out as over 100% by value (pre-auction estimates as £18,970,000). Breaking even is what Christie's hoped to do at least, although earlier today its South Ken showroom saw its lowest Interiors sale with 43.1% of the lots BI. Nice result on the Doig though
See how the day sale goes – but dont forget the Photograph sale at 1030am in London which sould be seriously telling.