Despite a new record for a work at auction by Auguste Rodin — L'Eternel Printemps (1901 — 3), which went for $ 20.4 million after competitive action
from multiple bidders — Sotheby's did not pull off an absolute victory at its Impressionist and modern evening sale in New York on Monday night.
Not exact matches
Most do not want to return to a time when fathers owned their daughters and sold them to the highest
bidder (Exodus 21:7; Nehemiah 5:5; Genesis 29:1 — 10), when
multiple wives and concubines were a part of everyday life (even for men of God like Abraham, Jacob, and David), when women were forbidden
from owning property, when foreign virgins could be captured as spoils of war (Judges 21), when a woman's lack of virginity could get her executed (Deuteronomy 22:11, Leviticus), when the stories of brave women like Tamar and Dinah and Esther and Vashti and Leah and Rachel emerge
from contexts of oppression.
Buyers gain access to a large pool of supply
from multiple regions, and know that they will never pay more than any other successful
bidder for that product.
As we saw last night, The Sender Collection attracted huge competition as
bidders sought works
from this pioneering group of artists driving the total to $ 14 million, well over the high estimate and with
multiple artist records.
While the atmosphere was upbeat and many works were chased by
multiple bidders, the tally for the sale represented a 60 percent decline
from the similar event a year ago, when far more lots were offered.
It can prevent other
bidders from coming in and can help you avoid competing with
multiple buyers.