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Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated = $28.2m

September 24, 2014 by Marion Maneker

Vija Celmins, Burning Plane (900-1.2m) 3.413m USD
Vija Celmins, Pink Pearl Eraser (180-250k) 1.565m USD
Vija Celmins, CLouds No. 2 (400-600k) 1.565m
Sam Francis, Power Word (Diptych) (120-180k) 545k USD
Baldessari, 18th and Highland, National City (180-250k) 509k USD
Alexander Calder, Giraffe (250-350k) 485k USD
Michael Goldberg, Still Life with Onion Rolls (120-180k) 317k USD
Mike Kelley, The Past and the Future (50-70k) 305k USD
Jack Tworkov, Queen II (80-120k) 209k USD
Joe Goode, Cloud-Photograph Triptych (25-35k) 203k USD
Richard Pettibone, R Lichtenstein, ‘Masterpiece,’ 1962 (35-45k) 106,250 USD
Richard Pettibone, Andy Warhol, ‘Flowers’ (8-12k) 62,500 USD

Sotheby’s had a tremendous mid-season sale with the Joni Gordon collection selling well over estimates and accounting for $12.5m which was double the high estimates with a significant portion of that coming from the extraordinary performance of Vija Celmins:

There was significant participation from Asia and Latin America as well as from the US and over 10% of bids were made online.

Sotheby's Contemporary Curated 914

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