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Christie's Art Auction Sets New Records2012-02-18 06:50:14
POST-SALE RELEASE: IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART - FEBRUARY 2012, LONDON
THIS WEEK’S AUCTIONS OF IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART HAVE REALISED £179,079,401 / $282,570,772 / €212,297,318 - THE HIGHEST EVER TOTAL FOR THE CATEGORY IN LONDON.
CHRISTIE’S FEBRUARY AUCTIONS OF IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART REALISE £179.1 MILLION / $282.6 MILLION / €212.3 MILLION Top price of the week - £19.1 million for Henry Moore’s Reclining Figure: Festival 4 works sell for over £10 million / 7 over £5 million Strength at every level of market – Day Sales at King Street and South Kensington records highest ever totals This week’s auctions of Impressionist and Modern Art have realised £179,079,401 / $282,570,772 / €212,297,318- the highest total for the category in London. The top price of the week was paid for Henry Moore’s Reclining Figure: Festival, 1951, which sold for £19.1 million / $30.1 million / € 22.9 million – a world record price for the artist, and a record price for any British sculpture. In total, 33 lots sold for over £1 million (50 for over $1 million). Please find a table of results below: Auction totals: £ $ € sold by lot Impressionist and Modern Evening Sale £134,999,400 $213,299,052 €162,269,279 86% Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale £18,253,525 $29,023,105 €21,831,216 85% Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper £7,367,013 $11,727,861 €8,821,712 76% Living with Art – A Private European Collection £16,295,300 $25,808,638 €19,375,111 94%(Impressionist and Modern works only) Impressionist and Modern Art £2,161,100 $3,410,216 €2,567,387 79%(Christie’s South Kensington) TOTAL: £179,085,338 $282,580,141 €212,304,371 |