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LAMA December Sale = $2.88m

December 13, 2011 by Marion Maneker


Total sales realized $2.88 million with 74% of the 505 lots sold.

TOP LOTS:

  • John Chamberlain Untitled,1962 (Lot 194 est. $150,000-200,000) brought $275,000
  • Isamu Noguchi Chess Table (Lot 280 est. $30,000 – 40,000) set a new auction record realizing $187,500
  • Gertrud & Otto Natzler Monumental Vase (Lot 257 est. $100,000 – 150,000) fetched $93,750
  • Dale Chihuly Gilded Opal and Deep Garnet Chandelier (Lot 120 est. $40,000 – 60,000) brought $84,375
  • Robert Rauschenberg Sling Shots Lit #6 (Lot 60 est. $30,000 – 50,000) totaled $68,750
  • A rare Jean Prouve “Antony” chair (Lot 111 est. $15,000 – 20,000) exceeded the estimate and brought $47,500
  • Charles & Ray Eames Custom dowel leg coffee table (Lot 268 est. $20,000 – 30,000) realized $32,500
  • Pablo Picasso Little Bust of Woman (Lot 112 est. $18,000 – 25,000) totaled $28,750
  • Tim Hawkinson Untitled (Double Flags) (Lot 201 est. $6,000 – 8,000) realized $25,000

Works that achieved strong prices locally included several pieces by Ed Ruscha, John Baldessari, and Julius Shulman, most of which exceeded their pre-sale estimates. Prints that exceeded pre-sale estimates included, Ed Ruscha’s Carp with Fly (Lot 164 est. $9,000 – 12,000), which realized $15,000; John Baldessari’s Stonehenge (Lot 65 est. 6,000 – 8,000) went above estimate bringing $12,500; and Julius Shulman’s Case Study House #22, (Lot 133 est. $3,000 – 5,000), saw fierce competition and brought $11,875

 

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