Christie’s Evening Sale in Select Tweets

Wade Guyton starts the evening w/ $500-700k estimate. The burning U as bellwether. Opens at $400. Too many bids. "Who is that?" $900k bid

— Art Market Monitor (@artmarket) November 13, 2013

Guyton going to $1.5m bids and slowing. $1.7, 1.8, 1.9m. $2m? … No split bid to $1.95m and we're done? No. $2m takes it.

— Art Market Monitor (@artmarket) November 13, 2013

This #RobertRauschenberg sells well above the 1/2 million dollar high est. for $2,165,000 @ChristiesInc Good momentum pic.twitter.com/T2FXL0clZQ

— Art Observed (@ArtObserved) November 13, 2013

Lautenberg Rauschenberg opens with $500k then $600k then $700k before we get to $1m. $1.1m bid followed by $1.3m jumped bid. Holding at $1.5

— Art Market Monitor (@artmarket) November 13, 2013

Ruscha flag approaching $3.6m and slowing. We're winding up. Big sale!

— Art Market Monitor (@artmarket) November 13, 2013

Basquiat Head of Mad Man opens at the low est of $7m and sprints to $9.5m then $10m. Several bidders hesitating while $10.2m is bid. $10.6!

— Art Market Monitor (@artmarket) November 13, 2013

Warhol Mao makes the $3m low. Wool starts in mid teens of millions. $20m comes easily in two places. $21m comes later. $23m then $23.25m

— Art Market Monitor (@artmarket) November 13, 2013

$23.5m takes Wool's Apocalypse Now. Brings up the Bacon triptych. Opens at $80m and goes to $100m

— Art Market Monitor (@artmarket) November 13, 2013

Gagosisn says $101. $110m bid. We're gonna break the Munch record. $115m bid. $120m from Chinese handler. $122m.

— Art Market Monitor (@artmarket) November 13, 2013

Bacon at $125m bringing up $126m bid. Waiting for two bidders. $127m comes back. Phones out for pictures. Holding pic.twitter.com/cLElXlMial

— Art Market Monitor (@artmarket) November 13, 2013

Still waiting on several bidders. Sells for $127m hammer.

— Art Market Monitor (@artmarket) November 13, 2013

Most expensive painting at auction still Van Gogh's Dr Gachet, adjusted for inflation, at $147.8m per http://t.co/vl3TIIXZrp

— Michael Savage (@GrumpyArt) November 13, 2013

Francis Bacon's Three Studies of Lucian Freud realized $142,405,000 a #worldauctionrecord for Any Work of Art pic.twitter.com/UrGZvRMZvZ

— Christie's (@ChristiesInc) November 13, 2013

Video: Francis Bacon's Three Studies of Lucian Freud realized $142,405,000. @ Christie's http://t.co/Hjm0N3APl1

— Christie's (@ChristiesInc) November 13, 2013

Koons balloon dog opens at $35m then $38m. Followed by $39m and working up in chopped bids to $45m then to $50m. Holding. Confusion. $51m

— Art Market Monitor (@artmarket) November 13, 2013

Koons balloon for hammers at $52m. Luc Tuymans passes at $1.3m

— Art Market Monitor (@artmarket) November 13, 2013

Rothko still a scrum at $25m. Goes right to $30m then through to $35m – $38m. Still many in. $39m. $40m $41m holds and sells.

— Art Market Monitor (@artmarket) November 13, 2013

Lucio Fontana's Concetto Spaziale, La Fne Di Dio realized $20,885,000, a #worldauctionrecord for the artist pic.twitter.com/YR17A6PZVf

— Christie's (@ChristiesInc) November 13, 2013

Christophe van de Weghe, sitting in third row next to his biggest client hedge-funder Dan Loeb, just bought a $46m Rothko @ChristiesInc

— Kelly Crow (@KellyCrowWSJ) November 13, 2013

Warhol coke bottle easily rises to $40m low. Now at $50m. Sells for $51m hammer.

— Art Market Monitor (@artmarket) November 13, 2013

#AndyWarhol Coca-cola [3] sells within estimate at $57,285,000 @ChristiesInc in New York on now pic.twitter.com/xzmTrnQImE

— Art Observed (@ArtObserved) November 13, 2013

Lichtenstein Seductive Girl rises to $24m bid but they're dropping out. $25m bid. Finally closes at $28m hammer. Eric Clspton's 2nd Richter

— Art Market Monitor (@artmarket) November 13, 2013

Clspton's Richter no longer has the same spell. Sells for $18.5m hammer.

— Art Market Monitor (@artmarket) November 13, 2013

#GerhardRichter #AbstraktesBild (809-1) sells for $20,885,000 @ChristiesInc It's safe to say the sale is going well. pic.twitter.com/9LePZCSzNC

— Art Observed (@ArtObserved) November 13, 2013

Willem De Kooning's Untitled VIII realized $32,085,000 a #worldauctionrecord for the artist. pic.twitter.com/wOeQwWnNrS

— Christie's (@ChristiesInc) November 13, 2013

Brett Gorvy says they moved Bacon up to send strong signal to buyers about market strength. Apparently, it worked.

— Art Market Monitor (@artmarket) November 13, 2013

More galleries, private dealers and advisors making sure their names are seen as buyers. Whyte, Levy, van de Weghe all listed as buyers.

— Art Market Monitor (@artmarket) November 13, 2013