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Christie's First Open (Highlights)

September 22, 2010 by Marion Maneker

Sale totals $7.548m

Lots 1-6: Six of the seven Ray Johnson works sell within the estimates. One work passes.

Lot 8: Kiki Smith, Small Deer shoots through est. to sell for $50k hammer or $62.5k

Lot 9: Robert Longo, Study for Black Wing sells for $35k against $22k high est.

Lot 13: Vik Muniz, Marlene Dietrich passes at $32k

Lot 14: Barnaby Furnas, Suicide sells above the $12k est at $17,500

Lot 16: John Currin, Refinisher passes.

Lot 17: Lisa Yuskavage, Untitled (Kasha) sells below est. range for $55k hammer.

Lot 18: Richard Prince, Good Nurse sells within est. for $60k hammer.

Lot 20: Julian Opie, Woman goes just above the low est. for $55 hammer.

Lot 23: Gilbert & George, Night Monster makes $60k hammer

Lot 24: John Wesley, Breton Sailor doesn’t make the low est. but trades for $140k hammer.

Lot 26: Sherrie Levine, Numbered Check pops to $16k against $12k high est.

Lot 27: Barbara Kruger, Untitled is pushed by several bidders over the $15k high est. to $20k

Lot 28: Jenny Holzer, Living Series goes above $7k high est. to $12k hammer.

Lot 29: John Wesley, Off with Their Heads sees protracted bidding to get to high est. of $50k

Lot 30: Cindy Sherman, Marilyn Monroe makes a clean double of the high est. at $16k hammer.

Lot 31: John Wesley, Lord Byron betters the est. to make $16k hammer.

Lot 32: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Plaid sells right in the middle at $390k hammer

Lot 36: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Philistines Babylonians makes the low est of $70k at the hammer.

Lot 37: David Hockney, Harvesting Near the Road to Thwing matches the high est. for $350k hammer.

Lot 38-40: Anselm Kiefer landscapes 2 out of 3 exceed est.

Lot 41: Peter Doig, Briey small Unité painting sells below est. range for $100k hammer.

Lot 47: Frank Stella, Kufa Gate explodes to the upside. $180k high est/$340k hammer price

Lot 48: Bernard Venet makes $48k against $30k high est.

Lot 50: Emilio Vedova, Spagna Oggi for $130k hammer  which is right in line with est.

Lot 61: Yayoi Kusama, Infinity-nets makes the high est. at $70k hammer. Infinity Dots a few lots later passes at $55k

Lot 74: Alex Katz, Mother’s Day makes $85k hammer against a $20k high est.

Lot 83: Christo, Wrapped Walkways tops the $60k high est. to sell for $80k with premium

Lot 134: Thomas Struth, Kunsthistorisches Museum III, Vienna sells for $254,500 with premium against a $150k high est.

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