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Sotheby’s London Cont Feb ’12 (Highlights)

February 15, 2012 by Marion Maneker

Top Gainers in the £50m sale

  1. Gerhard Richter, Abstraktes Bild (£3-4m) £4.85m
  2. Gerhard Richter, EIS (£2-3m) £4.3m
  3. Gerhard Richter, Abstract (743-1) (£2.5-3.5m) £4.07m
  4. Jean-Michel Basquiat, Orange Sports Figure (£3-4m) £4.07m
  5. Alberto Burri, Nero Plastica (£800-1.2m) £2.057m
  6. Zao Wou-ki, 28.12.99 (£500-700k) £1.8m
  7. Zao Wou-ki, 10.01.91 (£600-800k) £1.6m
  8. Yves Klein, ANT 59 (£450-650k) £937k
  9. Jean-Michel Basquiat, Tuxedo (£250-350) £724k
  10. Andreas Gursky, James Bond Island I (£300-400k) £713k
  11. Sigmar Polke, Untitled (£200-300k) £542k
  12. Bridget Riley, Tabriz (£250-350k) £457k
  13. Damien Hirst, Beautiful Strummerville Spin (£200-300k) £445k
  14. A.R. Penck, Methode, Fertigzuwerden (£90-120k) £325k
  15. R.B. Kitaj, The Old Vic (£80-120k) £250k
  16. Jacob Kassay (£70-90k) £121k

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