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November 11, 2009

1    WAYNE THIEBAUD SAN FRANCISCO STREET $400/600,000

–Where are the bidders? $380k takes it.

2    ALICE NEEL JACKIE CURTIS AND RITA RED $400/500,000

–Here they are! Crossing $1m easily. $1.4m

3    FRANK AUERBACH HEAD OF JULIA $350/450,000

–$480k comes easily.

4   GERMAINE RICHIER LA FEUILLE $250/350,000

–6 bidders push it to $700k

5    LEON KOSSOFF DALSTON LANE SPRING 1974 NO.2    $250/350,000

–$400k easily

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6   KAREL APPEL FEMME ET ENFANTE $300/400,000

–$620k is swapped between two bidders but still good for it.

7    ALEXANDER CALDER EXTREME CANTILEVER $1/1.5 million

–$700k is quite low but still takes it.

8    WILLIAM BAZIOTES JUNGLE NIGHT $250/350,000

–Kim Heirston spends $280,000 on it.

9    ISAMU NOGUCHI STRANGE BIRD $400/600,000

–$250k isn’t enough–pass

10     LEE KRASNER TWELVE HOUR CROSSING, MARCH TWENTY-FIRST $400/500,000

–$650-ish

11    MARK DI SUVERO NUX $280/350,000
–$280k

12    ALEX KATZ NABIL’S LOFT $200/300,000
–$290k

13    ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG ADDRESS UNKNOWN $300/400,000

–$310k

14    WILLEM DE KOONING LARGE TORSO $4/6 million

–$5m from a late bidder settles the matter

15    WILLEM DE KOONING UNTITLED XV $5/7 million

–$5.4m

16    ISAMU NOGUCHI BASIN AND RANGE $400/600,000

–$250k

17    JOAN MITCHELL FIRST CYPRESS $1/1.5 million

–$750k is good enough

18    ADOLF GOTTLIEB CRESCENDO $700/900,000

–$1.1m

19    DONALD JUDD UNTITLED $800,000/1.2 million

–$1.4m  among four bidders

20    WAYNE THIEBAUD HILLSIDE $650/850,000

–$650k

End of Myers Sale

21    ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG UNTITLED $400/600,000

–$800k

22    ANDY WARHOL 200 ONE DOLLAR BILLS $8/12 million

–$39 million! What year is this?

23    ANDY WARHOL UNTITLED (ROLL OF DOLLAR BILLS) $2.5/3.5 million

–$3.7m

24    ANDY WARHOL SELF-PORTRAIT $1/1.5 million

–$5.4m is “fresh as the day it was made”

25    DAVID HOCKNEYCALIFORNIA ART COLLECTOR $5/7 million

–$4.8m to Valentino Gravani & Co.

26    SOL LEWITTWALL STRUCTURE B $250/350,000

–$280k
27    BRUCE NAUMAN VIOLINS VIOLENCE SILENCE $2.5/3.5 million

–$3.5m

28    JOHN CHAMBERLAIN SLOW CHRISTMAS $500/700,000

–$450k

29    JASPER JOHNS GRAY NUMBERS $5/7 million

–$7.7m in steady sedate bidding–the theme of the evening

30    DAN FLAVIN “MONUMENT” FOR V. TATLIN $600/800,000

–$950k

31    ANDY WARHOL TUNAFISH DISASTER $1.5/2 million

–$1m which is clearly not very intellectual

32    DONALD JUDDUNTITLED $650/850,000
–$600k

33     ANDY WARHOLDIAMOND DUST OXIDATION PAINTING $350/500,000

–$380k

34    DONALD JUDD UNTITLED $800,000/1.2 million

–$1m for a leftover from last year

35    SOL LEWITT SERIAL PROJECT #1 ABCD 6 $450/650,000

–$380k

36    ANISH KAPOOR TURNING THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN #4 $1.2/1.8 million

–$1.6m

37    RICHARD PRINCE DOCTOR’S NURSE $1/1.5 million

–$1.45m
38    JEFF KOONS ILONA ON TOP (ROSA BACKGROUND) $2/3 million

–passes at $1.4m

39    JOHN CURRIN OLD COUPLE $800,000/1.2 million

–$700k

40    JOHN BALDESSARI LIFE’S BALANCE $300/400,000

— $450k

41    JOAN MITCHELL UNTITLED    $2.5/3.5 million

–$2.2m

42   SEAN SCULLY WALL OF LIGHT DAY $600/800,000

–$650k

43    JACKSON POLLOCK UNTITLED    $1/1.5 million

–$2.5m

44    JOAN MITCHELL UNTITLED    $800,000/1.2 million

–$1.1m–last of the Mitchells
45    WITHDRAWN
46    DAVID SMITH BATHERS    $450/650,000

–$1.2m

47   MARK ROTHKO ORANGE, RED, ORANGE    $2/3 million

–$2.95m

48    JEAN DUBUFFET TRINITÉ-CHAMPS-ELYSÉES    $4/6 million

–$5.4m

49     JEAN DUBUFFETCLOCHEPOCHE    $550/750,000

–$880,000 to Giancarlo Giametti

50    ERIC FISCHL UNTITLED    $450/650,000

–$550 to the back of the room

51    JUAN MUÑOZ FIVE SEATED FIGURES    $800,000/1.2 million

–$1m

52    SIGMAR POLKE OPIUMRAUCHER (OPIUM SMOKER)    $800,000/1.2 million

–quickly to $800k

53    DAMIEN HIRST THE OLD FOOLS PARADISE    $600/800,000

–$850k

54    ANSELM KIEFER AUSGIEßUNG     $700/900,000

–$900,000–Giametti pushes but is underbidder

55    ANISH KAPOOR UNTITLED    $600/800,000

–$1m–Giametti plays the same role again

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