Art Market Monitor

Global Coverage ~ Unique Analysis

  • AMMpro
  • AMM Fantasy Collecting Game
  • Podcast
  • Contact Us

Lot by Lot: Christie's Post-War & Contemporary Evening Sale

May 13, 2009 by Marion Maneker

Refresh for updates

  • De Maria opens the sale $220k furst Freeman lot
  • Douglas Wheeler makes $240k hammer
  • Joseph Cornell box way under est. @ $120k hammer
  • Sam Francis bounces around to $370k
  • Nauman goes way under @$280k
  • Lichtenstein Frolic (cover lot) Gagosian comes in late for $5.3m
  • Cornell box makes good price of $380k
  • Donald Judd makes the low est of $600,000
  • Warhol portrait of Man Ray goes under est @ $1.8m
  • Oldenberg bigger Typewriter Eraser gets to $1.9m, just above
  • Little Hockney of office building: $550k
  • Big Sam Francis “Grey” — late bid catches hammer @ $3.1m– Jose Mugrabi wags a finger at auctioneer Burge–Late bidder gets it $3.2m
  • Calder keeps ’em coming selling for $1.7m–almost 2x high est.
  • Lot of the Evening–Hockney, Beverly Hills Housewife climbs to $7m
  • Lichtenstein brushstroke passes @ $480k
  • Flavin goes below low for $300k
  • Lichtenstein Mirror makes $1.4m
  • Flavin: Finally a Flavin does well @ $550k
  • Lichtenstein Cash Box $1.7m
  • Oldenberg Bats pass @$110k
  • Koons Jim Beam Locomotive–has Bourbon inside–maybe that’s why it topped $1m high est. @ $2m
  • Baldessari word painting goes for $1.6m
  • Warhol Gun $2.7m almost top of est range
  • Segal $350k
  • Koons Beach House–telephone bidder bests Mugrabi @$2.3m
  • Thiebaud Lipsticks go for $1m
  • Doig Canoe painting $4.1m
  • Calder Wall Relief heated bidding again $2.45m
  • Diebenkorn Ocean Park painting–$5.8m–right near the top
  • Hans Hofmann Wild Vine  gets to $1m bid by Kim Heirston
  • Sorry. Brief technical difficulties. So let’s focus on the highlights.
  • de Kooning Woman on paper goes for $3.2m
  • Calder keeps chugging along with Seven black on black making $900k hammer
  • Dubuffet goes high at $1.5m
  • Manzoni makes $2.25m
  • Eric Fischl sells well above high est. at $1.6m
  • Yuskavage and Prince squeak in under low estimates
  • Kapoor goes above high est. at $820k hammer

More from Art Market Monitor

  • Fine Art Fund: 10-yr Art Boom ComingFine Art Fund: 10-yr Art Boom Coming
  • Guarantees Follow Market, Not Other Way AroundGuarantees Follow Market, Not Other Way Around
  • Sotheby’s Stock Can’t Break $32: Who Is Selling?Sotheby’s Stock Can’t Break $32: Who Is Selling?
  • A Quick Tour Through ArtBasel Miami Beach with Michelle de MetzA Quick Tour Through ArtBasel Miami Beach with Michelle de Metz
  • Auction Overview: Georg Baselitz for Frieze 2021Auction Overview: Georg Baselitz for Frieze 2021
  • Adam Szymczyk’s Campaign to Show the Gurlitt Hoard at DocumentaAdam Szymczyk’s Campaign to Show the Gurlitt Hoard at Documenta

Filed Under: Auction Results

About Marion Maneker

LiveArt

Want to get Art Market Monitor‘s posts sent to you in our email? Sign up below by clicking on the Subscribe button.

  • About Us/ Contact
  • Podcast
  • AMMpro
  • Newsletter
  • FAQ

twitterfacebooksoundcloud
Privacy Policy
Terms & Conditions
California Privacy Rights
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
Advertise on Art Market Monitor