Sentences with phrase «expensive auction lots»

Women's work still tends to sell for less: Last year Louise Bourgeois was the sole female on a list of the 100 most expensive auction lots.

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$ 1.81 million: Andy Warhol's Chanel (From Ads), 1985, was the first lot of the auction — and also proved to be one of the most expensive.

The auction will include works from the Post-War period to present, and the most expensive lot of the day will be Tauba Auerbach's Untitled (Fold) from 2010 (Lot 449), which is estimated at $ 1,500,000 — $ 2,000,0lot of the day will be Tauba Auerbach's Untitled (Fold) from 2010 (Lot 449), which is estimated at $ 1,500,000 — $ 2,000,0Lot 449), which is estimated at $ 1,500,000 — $ 2,000,000.

This, despite a moderately successful sale in London last month, where Jean - Michel Basquiat's Hannibal (1982) was the most expensive lot of the Frieze London sales across three auction houses.

Her La Lecture, 1924, Femme au Livre, 1924, Positioned together, Tous les Deux, ensemble, New York (1985) was the first lot of Christie's evening sale, hammering at $ 140,000 ($ 175,000 with fees, est. $ 70,000 - $ 90,000) to become her fourth most expensive work at auction.

The two - hour auction also saw Jeff Koons become the world's most expensive artist with the sale of Balloon Dog (Orange)(1994 — 2000) for $ 58.4 million, the second - most - expensive lot of the evening, which included eight other artist records, for Wade Guyton, Christopher Wool, Vija Celmins, Lucio Fontana, Ad Reinhardt, Donald Judd, Willem de Kooning and Wayne Thiebaud.

The most expensive lot of the day auction was Robert Indiana's Love, which sold for $ 876,137 ($ 653,429); the best of the evening sale was Jean - Michel Basquiat's Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown), which sold for $ 14.6 million ($ 10.8 m).

+ Peter Paul Rubens» Lot and His Daughters sold at Christie's this week for $ 58 million dollars, making it the most expensive Old Master painting ever sold at the auction house.

Last year they bought the most expensive contemporary lots at both auction houses, paying # 24m for a Roy Lichtenstein at Christie's and # 39m for a Clyfford Still at Sotheby's.