We are already full of auctions in this week’s auction, and fatigue is still starting to suppress the adrenaline rush of the first record-keeping times, the evening sales of $ 706 million. Christie’s Sale of the Century on Wednesday, November 20 The limited combination of irrefutable bids and third-party guarantees helped shape the choreography of ongoing bidding from all geographies, with competition from telephone, in-room and online. After last night’s results, Chrisie’s Fall Marquee Week runs at $870,924,382 – an impressive tally compared to recent seasons – and the morning hours are yet to come. “With spirited engagement from start to finish, tonight’s sale was an undeniable sign of a strong market for works from the ancient and modern eras,” noted Kathryn’s range, her closing statement.
The evening opened with the first group of works from the collection of the Austrian-born American collector and partner, Gael Neeson, which was described by the official site as post-war icons following the evolution of modern and contemporary art. Estimated at over $40 million in 21st century auctions and post war and modern day sales, the first 19 works brought in $49,223,800. The TOOT effect came from Andy Warhol’s The last supperwhich sold for $6.6 million with Alex Roter on the phone, eventually reaching $8,127,000 in financing.
As a commercial debut, Edlis Neeson’s Andy Warhol Green and Pink Skull and Cindy Sherman Shemated Frament Unchanged movie still # 13 Set the tone, he came in order with the hammer of $ 1.5 million ($ 1,905,000 in paid money) and $ 1.8 million ($ 2,271,000 estimated the highest paid money of $ 700,000 more than three times. After $ 3,369,000 Richard Prince Cowboy Scoubture (a record for an artist in that medium) came another star star: Text by Ed Ruscha How are you? Which, however, was hammered in a straight fashion (which can be planned in advance) for $ 5.5 million ($ 6,785,000 in fees), according to estimates in its estimates of $ 5-7. This was somewhat restrained given the strong market momentum following Moma’s massive recovery last year, which helped Ruscha’s rise in the auction. The artist’s latest record was set by Christie’s for the same evening sale last November, where Standard station, west ten west torn in half (1964) Collecting $68.26 million.
Warhol’s Oxidation Soon after it was handled more aggressively, reaching $1.7 million after a few minutes of bidding against an estimate of $900,000 to $1.2 million. There was so much excitement around her The last suppersold out across the room for a million dollars after a short but intense bidding war against Rotter on the phone.
The creation of Discume GiaCometti met the collapse involved, confirming the power of the market for integrated and historical Design. First console, Promenade des amiswho had gone with them all, eventually won $3,979,000. Two libraries followed, AU MexiqueSold respectively for $ 2,088,000 and $ 2,027,000, with many phone birds following them on different continents. Over time, an unusual low table by giametti, BerCeau low table, modèle aux renards (Circa 1974), sold for $3.65 million
After that, it is possible that the most stimulating john john and the jeff Koons Geats Ball shook to attract more bids, arriving below their estimates and sold directly at guaranteed smooth prices, respectively $ 596,900.
With the Neeson-Edlis Segment to close the pressure of GiaCometti’s low table, the whole night appears as a night of choice spent with the spotlight of the power of the intensity and today is focused around the artists profiles and the drugs of the show.
From there, the baton passed to Yü-ge wang, who brought his usual multilingual performance, starting with a long international bidding war repeated by Firifia Báez’s Unfathomable (Colonial America, Visual History Wall, prepared by the country’s educational resource). Many opponents arose between phone and Internet bids (including a bid from Kazakhstan), pushing the price of the hammer to $ 875,000, which exceeds two wings of five estimates, its initial market estimate of $ 150,000-200,000. Consugror acquired the work already in the second volume from the James Cohan Gallery, New York. The result set a new record price for the artist, melting the benchmark of $ 685,000 reached in Phillips a few hours earlier.
After that, the demolition of the spirit that accompanies the singer is another female singer with wide institutional acceptance and attention: Amy sheld’s Clear magic that is not a given It fetched $4,101,000, setting the artist’s highest price among only eight works that have come to auction so far.