Sentences with phrase «breaking auction price»

But with its record - breaking auction price of just under $ 120 million at Sotheby's last Wednesday, Edvard Munch's masterpiece has become a sign of the times for the fine art world as well.

An excerpt of the document reads: «Behind the ostensible façade of Jeff Koons's art world triumphs and record - breaking auction prices, lurks a well - oiled machine, more specifically an established, archaic System as old as the hills applied to the art world to exploit art collectors» desire to own Jeff Koons sculptures.

«Behind the ostensible façade of Jeff Koons» art world triumphs and record - breaking auction prices,» a filing by litigator Aaron Richard Golub charges, «lurks a well - oiled machine, more specifically an established, archaic System as old as the hills applied to the art world to exploit art collectors» desire to own Jeff Koons sculptures.»

Not exact matches

The sale broke the previous record price for a work of art at auction, Picasso's 1905» Boy With a Pipe (The Young Apprentice).»

Einstein letter sells for record price Artist Lucian Freud wasn't the only one to break his own auction record this week.

This was a record - breaking price at auction for a Countach.

National economies are overleveraged to commodity prices and their capital markets (banks, bond auctions, stock markets) can't be relied upon; Andrew Foster, my favorite emerging markets manager and head of the Seafarer fund, argues that broken capital markets are almost a defining characteristic of the emerging markets.

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.

Auction records for artists are routinely set — and broken — at large auction houses in New York City so it's not often when a smaller auction house in the suburbs is able to achieve record prAuction records for artists are routinely set — and broken — at large auction houses in New York City so it's not often when a smaller auction house in the suburbs is able to achieve record prauction houses in New York City so it's not often when a smaller auction house in the suburbs is able to achieve record prauction house in the suburbs is able to achieve record prices...

She later transitioned into a strategic role in where she worked on the auction house's Evening Sales of Contemporary Art, which included record - breaking prices for works by artists such as Clyfford Still and Gerhard Richter.

Giacometti is best known for his bronze figurative sculptures, which attract some of the highest auction prices in the industry: a Walking Man broke records when it sold for # 65m in 2010.

The same year, Kusama became the best - selling living female artist, with works breaking record prices at auctions.

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.

The sales price broke the former world auction record for Rothko of $ 14,305,750 for «Yellow over Purple,» sold at Sotheby's New York May 17, 2000.

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.

For the past few years, auction rooms in London, New York and Hong Kong have crackled with fierce interest in Chinese contemporary paintings as prices broke record after record.

Although Georgia O'Keeffe broke the record for a price at auction by a woman artist, she still does not come close to the latest record - setting work by a male artist.

Chris Ofili, Malcolm Morley, Jeff Elrod, Brent Wadden, R.H. Quaytman and the Chapman brothers (Jake and Dinos) all broke world records for prices that their respective artworks had achieved at an auction.

Mr. Gilliam, who represented the United States at the Venice Biennale in 1972 and whose draped canvases have had a strong influence on younger painters trying to rethink the medium, has only recently broken $ 300,000 at auction, though works by Mr. Gilliam on view recently at the Frieze Masters art fair in London were priced at up to $ 500,000.

A 1937 first edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit broke a new auction record today at Sotheby's in London, fetching a world record price of # 137,000, or about $ 210,500.

Andrew David Thaler of the super Southern Fried Science blog has posted a valuable and cautionary piece: Bluefin Tuna and the Tsukiji Fish Auction: caution in drawing conclusions from record breaking prices.