Sotheby’s London Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art totalled £105,939,000/ $165,932,256 / €123,789,394, exceeding its pre-sale high estimate of £74-104 million.
The sale was characterised by broad participation from bidders across 33 different countries on the telephones, in the saleroom and online, and saw a record number of participants from Asia in a London Impressionist sale. Four auction records were established and the sale was 81.7% sold by lot.