Sentences with phrase «auction price ever»

With the sale of a Jan Toorop portrait for $ 818,400, Jetske achieved the highest auction price ever for a 20th century work of art sold in the Netherlands.

The sale is the highest auction price ever sold in Europe in pounds and led the evening sale of Impressionist and Modern art.

That's a new record for the highest auction price ever for an American - made car.

Not exact matches

It was the largest flawless white diamond ever to come to auction when sold for $ 33.7 million at Christie's in Geneva last November, but experts said at the time the price showed the top end of the diamond...

Of the 67 highest - priced yearlings ever sold at auction in this country only Majestic Prince, who cost $ 250,000 and earned $ 414,200, ever won himself out.

One of them, ADMIRING, a 4 - year - old filly by Hail To Reason out of Searching, went for the highest price ever paid for an auctioned Thoroughbred — $ 310,000 to New Jersey metals millionaire Charles W. Engelhard.

In May, Edvard Munch's 1895 pastel artwork The Scream sold for $ 119.9 million, the highest price ever paid for art at auction.

In little more than eight minutes, the horse sold for $ 16 million, the highest price ever paid for a thoroughbred in public auction.

After a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO recently set a record as the most expensive car ever sold at auction with its $ 38,115,000 asking price, we rounded up the 10 most expensive cars ever sold at auction.

Chassis #CSX2000 — the first Cobra ever built — just set a new high - price record for American cars at auction.

Matthew Haley, head of rare books and manuscripts at the Bonhams auction house in London, said that news of rare books moves faster and wider than ever before and that this is driving up prices at the high end of the book market, while Internet shopping was helping the lower end.

Not only can you find houses and cars and government auctions, but you can find boats, motorcycles, skateboards bicycles, blenders and just about anything else you need or could ever want in a fraction of the price!

(Note to potential investors: if trills ever see the light of day, they could be an interesting buy, but I would let the first few auctions pass until the curve gets satiated and the initial coupon rises to a higher level, i.e., the price falls for all trills.

Keep watch on the auction to see if the seller ever drops the price, or if you've got money burning a hole in your pocket pick this item up.

Pollock's work, alongside Lichtenstein's «Woman with Flowered Hat» and Basquiat's «Dustheads,» set records for the highest prices ever fetched for the artists at auction.

Scully's auction prices are stronger than ever, with the two - dozen highest all having been achieved within the past four years.

Tonight's $ 9.76 million Rivera figure also surpassed the highest price ever paid for a work by a Latin American artist at auction, which was previously held by a 1939 Frida Kahlo painting that sold for $ 8 million at Christie's in 2016.

He was responsible for the development and co-curatorship of special twentieth century auctions such as Looking Forward to the Past, 2015, a sale that included Pablo Picasso's Les Femmes d'Alger (Version 0), 1955, which sold for $ 179.4 million and set a record as the highest price ever achieved for any work of art at auction.

According to The Telegraph, the highest price ever paid for a André Derain artwork at auction is # 16.3 million.

Christie's auction house, which last year sold the most expensive painting ever, has once again broken a record this April, although perhaps for slightly more modest price tags.

His photographs sold for ever more stellar prices — in 2012, his work Dead Troops Talk fetched $ 3,346,456 at Christie's, New York, making it the third most expensive photograph ever sold at auction.

Christie's Evening Sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art in New York Totals $ 388.5 Million (# 240.9 Million / $ 299.1 Million) Most Valuable Post-War and Contemporary Art Auction Ever Top Prices Of The Week - Mark Rothko's Orange, Red, Yellow Soars to $ 86.9 Million (# 53.9 Million / $ 66.9 Million) Setting a New Record for Any Post-War and Contemporary Work Sold at Auction 21 New World Auction Records Set 50 Works Sell Above $ 1 Million Works from the Pincus Collection (Evening and Day Sales) Totaled $ 174.9 Million, the Most Expensive Collection of Post-War and Contemporary Art Ever Sold Christie's highly anticipated Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on May 8 totaled $ 388.5 million (# 240.9 million / $ 299.1 million), marking the highest total ever in auction history for the caAuction Ever Top Prices Of The Week - Mark Rothko's Orange, Red, Yellow Soars to $ 86.9 Million (# 53.9 Million / $ 66.9 Million) Setting a New Record for Any Post-War and Contemporary Work Sold at Auction 21 New World Auction Records Set 50 Works Sell Above $ 1 Million Works from the Pincus Collection (Evening and Day Sales) Totaled $ 174.9 Million, the Most Expensive Collection of Post-War and Contemporary Art Ever Sold Christie's highly anticipated Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on May 8 totaled $ 388.5 million (# 240.9 million / $ 299.1 million), marking the highest total ever in auction history for the categEver Top Prices Of The Week - Mark Rothko's Orange, Red, Yellow Soars to $ 86.9 Million (# 53.9 Million / $ 66.9 Million) Setting a New Record for Any Post-War and Contemporary Work Sold at Auction 21 New World Auction Records Set 50 Works Sell Above $ 1 Million Works from the Pincus Collection (Evening and Day Sales) Totaled $ 174.9 Million, the Most Expensive Collection of Post-War and Contemporary Art Ever Sold Christie's highly anticipated Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on May 8 totaled $ 388.5 million (# 240.9 million / $ 299.1 million), marking the highest total ever in auction history for the caAuction 21 New World Auction Records Set 50 Works Sell Above $ 1 Million Works from the Pincus Collection (Evening and Day Sales) Totaled $ 174.9 Million, the Most Expensive Collection of Post-War and Contemporary Art Ever Sold Christie's highly anticipated Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on May 8 totaled $ 388.5 million (# 240.9 million / $ 299.1 million), marking the highest total ever in auction history for the caAuction Records Set 50 Works Sell Above $ 1 Million Works from the Pincus Collection (Evening and Day Sales) Totaled $ 174.9 Million, the Most Expensive Collection of Post-War and Contemporary Art Ever Sold Christie's highly anticipated Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on May 8 totaled $ 388.5 million (# 240.9 million / $ 299.1 million), marking the highest total ever in auction history for the categEver Sold Christie's highly anticipated Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on May 8 totaled $ 388.5 million (# 240.9 million / $ 299.1 million), marking the highest total ever in auction history for the categever in auction history for the caauction history for the category.

Henry Moore's ground - breaking 1951 modernist sculpture Reclining Figure: Festival led Christie's 250th anniversary auction Defining British Art on 30 June, selling for # 24,722,500 — the highest price ever achieved for a work by the artist — in a sale which realised # 99,479,500 / $ 133,203,051.

The sale was heavily focused on icons and masterworks, achieving an astonishing 10 record prices and breaking the record for any work of art ever sold at auction.

Koons had a good year otherwise, setting an auction record for highest price ever paid for the work of a living artist: $ 58.4 million for «Balloon Dog (Orange).»

TRACEY EMIN EXORCISM OF THE LAST PAINTING I EVER MADE Following the success of Tracey Emin's iconic My Bed, 1998, which achieved a world record price at auction quadrupling its pre-sale estimate to realise # 2,546,500 / $ 4,351,969 / $ 3,178,032 (estimate: # 800,000 - 1,200,000) in July 2014, Exorcism of the Last Painting I Ever Made, 1996 (estimate: # 600,000 — 800,000, illustrated left), documents a seminal moment of breakthrough within the artist's oeuvre, witnessing an impassioned re-engagement with her painting and drawing practice after a six - year hiaEVER MADE Following the success of Tracey Emin's iconic My Bed, 1998, which achieved a world record price at auction quadrupling its pre-sale estimate to realise # 2,546,500 / $ 4,351,969 / $ 3,178,032 (estimate: # 800,000 - 1,200,000) in July 2014, Exorcism of the Last Painting I Ever Made, 1996 (estimate: # 600,000 — 800,000, illustrated left), documents a seminal moment of breakthrough within the artist's oeuvre, witnessing an impassioned re-engagement with her painting and drawing practice after a six - year hiaEver Made, 1996 (estimate: # 600,000 — 800,000, illustrated left), documents a seminal moment of breakthrough within the artist's oeuvre, witnessing an impassioned re-engagement with her painting and drawing practice after a six - year hiatus.

In recognition of the growth in interest, British auction house Bonhams started specialising in contemporary African art in 2007 and saw average prices increase five-fold by 2016 and Sotheby's first - ever Modern and Contemporary Art Sale took place in London in May 2017 and totalled # 2,794,750.

The most recent record for a Rothko painting was set in 2012 when Orange, red, yellow sold at Sotheby's for $ 86.9 million — to date the highest price ever fetched by a piece of contemporary art at auction.

Amedeo Modigliani's Nu Couché (1917 — 18) soared past its already astronomical $ 100 million on - request estimate en route to a record - smashing price of $ 170.4 million at Christie's Monday night, making the magnificent nude portrait the second - most - expensive painting ever sold at auction — and, in a twist,... Read More

Amedeo Modigliani's Nu Couché (1917 — 18) soared past its already astronomical $ 100 million on - request estimate en route to a record - smashing price of $ 170.4 million at Christie's Monday night, making the magnificent nude portrait the second - most - expensive painting ever sold at auction — and, in a twist, a high point in an otherwise surprisingly tepid evening.

In May, Pablo Picasso's «Les Femmes d'Alger (Version «O»)» sold for $ 179.4 million, breaking the record for the highest price ever paid for a piece of artwork at auction.

Allowing the free market to decide may sound reasonable, except that auction prices identify Damien Hirst as the best ever British artist, which sounds a bit dodgy.

Sept 28: Jack B Yeats Painting Sells for $ 1 million in Ireland A Fair Day, Mayo (1925), an oil painting by Jack B. Yeats, was hammered down for $ 1 million at Adam's sale of Important Irish Art in Dublin (against a pre-sale estimate of $ 500,000 - $ 800,000 — the highest price ever paid at auction for a painting in Ireland.

Led by five major works by Sigmar Polke, arguably the greatest grouping of Polke works ever offered at auction, which realized # 16,252,500 / $ 20,608,170 / $ 26,117,770 (see single sold prices below), tonight's sale saw strong bidding from international buyers resulting in half of the lots (49 % / 21 lots) selling above estimate, many for double or even five times of their pre-sale estimate — like Aggregate (2004) by Anthony Gormley which sold for # 1,258,500 / $ 2,022,410 / $ 1,595,778 against an estimate of # 150,000 - 200,000.

The second - highest price ever paid for a piece of jewellery art at auction, it was a world record for a Golconda diamond.

Canaletto's reputation as one of the finest rococo period artists has remained high ever since his death, and his famous landscape paintings of Venetian lagoons, canals and pageantry continue to command high prices at auction (eg.

«Interchange» (1955) sold at auction for $ 20.8 million, highest price ever paid for work of a living artist.

Three months ago, Sotheby's sold a purple self - portrait that Warhol made months before he died in 1986 for $ 32.5 million, more than double its high estimate and the third - highest price ever paid at auction for a Warhol.

At Christie's, Pablo Picasso's «Les Femmes d'Alger (Version «O»)» shattered expectations when it sold for $ 179.4 million (including fees) on May 11, the highest price ever recorded for a work of art at auction, the company said.

The highest price ever paid for his work is # 60,000 (or $ 120,000), but on average it attracts around # 40,000 to # 50,000 at auction, according to Artnet.

Its opulent gold sheen and decadent pattern play into perceptions of art world excess and the ever - increasing threshold of record auction prices.

The work originally sold for a record $ 20.68 million in 1989 against an estimate of $ 4 - 6 million, then the highest price ever paid for a contemporary work at auction and a record for a living artist.

, marking a new record for the highest price ever achieved for a single lot in the company's 22 - year history and effectively tying the world auction record for the artist.

A Ruth Asawa hanging sculpture soared to $ 1.43 million, marking a new record for the highest price ever achieved for a single lot in the company's 22 - year history and effectively tying the world auction record for the artist.

On Wednesday, Alberto Giacometti's sculpture «Walking Man I» sold at Sotheby's for just over $ 104.3 million, the highest price ever paid for an artwork at auction.

In June, 2007, Artemis and the Stag, a bronze sculpture, owned by the Albright - Knox Art Gallery, was auctioned at Sothebys in New York for $ 28.6 million - one of the highest ever prices paid for a piece of Greek sculpture.

In December, a competitive electricity - supply auction in Alberta yielded the lowest - ever price paid for wind energy in Canada (weighted average of $ 37 / MWh) and also made wind energy the lowest - cost option for new electricity generation in the country.

Brazil's government announced in April that wind power prices fell to the lowest level ever in the country's April 4 auction, nearly reaching the Latin American record set in Mexico last November, Bloomberg News reported.

In early October, an auction in Saudi Arabia for new electric generation was won by a solar farm pledging to deliver electrons for less than three cents a kilowatt hour, the cheapest price ever paid for electricity from any source in any place.

Most numbers are based on auction prices, but only an estimated 0.5 % of paintings are ever resold.