[intro]All prices are Hammer[/intro]
Lot#/Artist/Title/(High Est.)
Lot 1 Dali Girafe en Feu ($200k) $1.6m is a record for a work on paper with 9 bidders
Lot 2 Picasso Femme Assise ($700k)–$750,000
Lot 3 Giacometti Buste de Diego ($1.5m)–$1.4m
Lot 4 Gauguin Au-Dessus de la Mer ($2.5m)–$3.5m
Lot 5 van Dongen Nu au chapeau noir ($1.8m)–$3.1m rocks it
Lot 6 Manet Quartre Pommes ($850k)–$1.7m
Lot 7 van Dongen Jeune Arabe ($10m)–6 bidders vie for the red van Dongen but $12m takes it!
Lot 8 de Chirico La Meditazione del Mattino ($2m)–$2m is the final bid.
Lot 9 Léger Les Trois Musiciens ($3m)–lots of action. gets it well over the high. Everyone in until it crosses to $5m where it finally sells[private_subscriber][private_bundle]
Lot 10 Giacometti L’homme qui chavire ($12m)–cruises through $15m but keeps moving $17.2m
Lot 11 Balthus Etude pour ‘Le Lever’ ($600k)–$650,000 goes to bidder without a paddle. “We know you very well,” Tobias Meyer says.
Lot 12 Picasso Deux Femmes Nues ($1.2m)–sells for $1.8m
Lot 13 Redon Fleurs ($800k)–takes awhile to get some bids but still sells low at $500k
Lot 14 Derain Barques au port de collioure ($8m)–starts slow but gains momentum as various bidders come in. Chugs along through $10m until it alights on $12.5m
Lot 16 Pissarro Le Pont Boieldieu et la gare d’Orleans ($3m)–has no problem rising to $5m but turns into a real dog fight that takes it to $6.2m
Lot 17 Sisley La Seine a Argenteuil ($2m)–$1.3m, the rare sale in line with the est. range
Lot 18 Renoir Baigneuse ($1m)–$2.1m
Lot 19 Pissarro Le Jardin des Tuileries ($1.85m)–bids are flying; it sells for $2.4m
Lot 20 Renoir Femme au chapeau blanc ($3.5m)–only gets to $2.5m; Meyer gives the Nahmads an imploring look before the gavel falls.
Lot 21 Sisley Vue de Sevres ($800k)–$1.1m
Lot 22 Renoir Nature morte aux pommes et poires ($450,000)–telephone bidder loses patience twice trying to end it; finally works on the second try at $800k.
Lot 23 Degas Danseuse se coiffant ($1.2m)–passes at $750k
Lot 24 Kandinsky Krass und Mild ($8m)–Nahmads push to $7m but it brings more bidders in behind. The Nahmads come back over the top but still outbid as it goes to $9.4m
Lot 25 Degas Danseuse violette ($1m)–$510k to the Nahmads with a Mugrabi underbid.
Lot 26 Bonnard Nu de profil ($1.75m)–passes at $950k
Lot 27 Soutine Paysage de Greolieres ($1.2m)–a bargain at$580k
Lot 28 Matisse Les Deux Soeurs ($800k)–$400k
Lot 29 Bonnard Mme Terrasse ($1.8m)–$1.2m
Lot 30 Chagall Les Cyclistes ($3m)–$2m
Lot 31 Picasso Buste d’homme ($12m)–bidders get to $8m without much trouble and makes $9.2m–the late Picasso market still holds up. how many more buyers are there?
Lot 32 Munch Seated female nudes ($1.75m)–active bidding to $2.3m but a late move gooses it to $2.4m
Lot 33 Giacometti Tete d’homme ($2m)–$3.3m after prolonged bidding
Lot 34 Nolde Uppiger Garten ($3m)–$2.3m
Lot 35 Picasso Claude a deux ans ($7m)–late bid gets $5.5m
Lot 36 Dufy La Baignade ($1.2m)–no interest; it passes at $500k
Lot 37 Picasso Tete de femme profil ($1.2m)–$700k to a Chinese bidder on the telephone
Lot 38 George Rouault Pierrot ($800k)–$1.15m
Lot 39 Modigliani La Fantesca ($5m)–$3.2m but it sold
Lot 40 Sisley Chemin de veneux ($1.75m)–and they get it over the est. to $1.9m
Lot 41 Degas Avant la course ($6m)–aggressive Asian bidding but phone line fails cutting bidder out at $4.1m
Lot 42 Sorolla La Siesta en el jardin ($2.5m)–sells at the high est. of $2.5m
Lot 43 Corot Ville d’avray ($500k)–$400k
Lot 44 Monet Clematites ($3.5m)–passes at $2.2m
Lot 45 Picasso Femme au chapeau vert ($6m)–lots of discussion on the phone to China, then a jumped bid to $7m; same bidder gets it for $7.2m
Lot 46 Marini Grande Teatro ($900k)–$1.25m
Lot 47 Moore Seated Woman ($850k)–lots of bidders at $1m but only one at $1.15m
Lot 48 Miro Femme, Oiseau ($4m)–makes $4.2m
Lot 49 Chagall Vue de Paris ($1.8m)–$1m is the only bid until $1.1m comes in response. All done.
Lot 50 Ernst Trembelment de terre ($800k)–glides past high est to $950k
Lot 51 Miro Femmes et Oiseau dans la nuit ($2.5m)–$1.7m isn’t enough and it passes
Lot 52 Miro Coq ($700k)–$450k, there’s a lot of Kandinsky in this sale.
Lot 53 Kandinsky Flatterhaft ($1.5m)–$1.3m
Lot 54 Leger Deux tournesols ($1.2m)–passes at $750k
Lot 55 Magritte La Nuit d’Amour ($2.5m)–$1.8m
Lot 56 de Chirico Ettore e Andromaca ($2.5m)–strong interest upp to $2.5m
Lot 57 Picasso Deux Nu Assis ($600k)–$550k
Lot 58 Picasso Le Peintre et son Modele ($4.25m)–no bids, it passes
Lot 59 Morisot Paule Gobillard Dessinant ($600k)–$700k
Lot 60 Monet Charing Cross Bridge ($1.2m)–$1.6m wins the day
Lot 61 Vuillard Le Dejeuner de Madame Vuillard ($700k)–$420k
Lot 62 Sisley Chemin de Prunay ($800k)–$450k
Lot 63 Degas Esquisse pur un portrait ($1.5m)–pass
Lot 64 Monet La chapelle de notre-dame-de-grace, Honfleur ($600k)–$700k
Lot 65 Marini Cavaliere ($900k)–sells at the high est.
Lot 66 Magritte La Valse Hesitation ($800k)–$800k
Lot 67 Leger Les deux spheres de couleur ($1.2m)–no bids
Lot 68 Chagall Depart du Village ($1.5m)–very quiet, passes
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