The second -
highest estimated lot is a sculpture by Roy Lichtenstein, Sleeping Muse, from 1983, which carries an estimate of $ 3.5 million to $ 5.5 million.
According to estimated values, not a single lot will be sold for half a million or more, as
the highest estimated lot is Mark Bradford's Untitled from 2001 (Lot 175), which should change hands for $ 350,000 — $ 450,000, as well as Gerhard Richter's Abstraktes Bild (454 - 4) from 1980 (Lot 239).
Not exact matches
«With EEDAR
estimating current League of Legends revenues to be more than $ 1 billion per year, this means that the value of Riot is significantly
higher than $ 1 billion and Tencent would have paid a
lot of money for the remaining 7 % of the company's shares,» Walker says.
A reasonable
estimate is 0.7 - 1 grams of protein for every pound of body weight — if you're not very active, aim for the lower end, and if you're doing a
lot of strength training or recovering from an injury, aim for the
higher end.
Even though college students tend to not have a
lot of personal property, the value of their property is probably
higher than they
estimate.
«Steve» by Barkley L. Hendricks covers the catalog and is the auction's top - selling
lot, selling for $ 365,000 (including fees), a record price for Hendricks and more than double its
high estimate.
The
lot sold for more than four times its
high estimate.
In this sale, they acquired the
lots that featured on both the front and back covers of the catalogue, in each case taking the unusual step of paying more than the
high estimate.
The top
lots, a Norman Lewis painting that sold for three times the
high estimate and a Beauford Delaney work that made twice the
high estimate, were not the only works to significantly out - perform.
A Peter Halley work out - performed
estimates to become the top
lot at # 150k; a Banksy work sold for three times the
high estimate to make # 137.5 k; and fitting with this year's fever for works by George Condo, a mostly
estimated early work, Funny Landscape, from 1985 was sold for # 112,500.
Totaling $ 301,683,000 with 62/65
lots sold for a 95 % sell - through rate, Christie's managed a very successful sale despite the
high estimates and selling prices coming in below them:
Lisa Ruyter's
lot 28 (left) went for $ 43,750 against a $ 30k
high estimate.
Jeff Koons and Cindy Sherman still found a way to surprise to the upside with
lot 91 that went for $ 116,500 against a $ 60,000
high estimate and
lot 97 that sold for $ 902,500, almost twice the $ 500,000
high estimate.
We saw strong bidding, with almost half of the sold
lots hammered above the
high estimate and new buyers in this category at record price points.
Lot 45 was the lower
estimate ($ 20k) but the
higher seller at $ 56,250.
The sale's top
lot, a pair of huanghuali folding stools from the late 17th to the early 18th century (one of the pair shown above), sold for almost double the
high estimate, realising $ 321,500.
(This is according to the
high estimates set for each
lot).
Here the Economist reveals who the trade believes bought the top
lot, a Qianlong seal that was used to mark many of the emperor's scrolls, which sold for # 3.6 m or six times the
high estimate:
Other top performing
lots were the Chelsea Porcelain plaice tureens, which realised $ 300,000, and an English wicker picnic hamper from Asprey & Company that soared past its
high estimate of $ 10,000 before selling for $ 212,500.
The top
lot was Henry Moore's Oval Sculpture, which sold for $ 3,972,500 against a
high estimate of $ 500,000.
The combined low
estimate is $ 305m with
high expectations for some of the
lots.
Although failing to reach expectations and with nearly half of sold
lots struggling to reach their low
estimates, it was still a
high total for a Phillips» London evening sale, led by a pleated Piero Manzoni canvas, Achrome, 1958, at # 5.6 m. On 11 February, Bonhams also achieved its
highest total for a Contemporary sale at # 6.4 m led by Frank Auerbach's E.O.W. on her Blue Eiderdown V, 1963, at # 2m.
Stand out
lots include a monster sale of Sam Gilliam's Rain for $ 684k against a $ 150k
high estimate; and untitled de Kooning
estimated at $ 200 - 300k but selling for $ 792k; Alexander Calder's small stabile, Pup, sold for $ 660k over a $ 350k
high estimate; Joan Mitchell's Parasol sold for $ 3.3 m over a $ 2m
high estimate; and Helen Frankenthaler's Haze which made $ 972k.
There'll be a
lot of Andy Warhol's artwork at Bonhams «auction of Post-War And Contemporary Prints & Multiples in New York on Monday, May 11 (starting at 1 PM), but Wayne Thiebaud's Candy Apples from 1987 (Lot 142) will be the highest priced lot with estimated price at $ 40,000 — $ 50,0
lot of Andy Warhol's artwork at Bonhams «auction of Post-War And Contemporary Prints & Multiples in New York on Monday, May 11 (starting at 1 PM), but Wayne Thiebaud's Candy Apples from 1987 (
Lot 142) will be the highest priced lot with estimated price at $ 40,000 — $ 50,0
Lot 142) will be the
highest priced
lot with estimated price at $ 40,000 — $ 50,0
lot with
estimated price at $ 40,000 — $ 50,000.
At Phillips they didn't hide
estimated values of some
lots — estimation for every
lot is available, and the highest price should achieve Francis Bacon's Seated Woman from 1961 (Lot 33), that is estimated at $ 25,000,000 — $ 35,000,0
lot is available, and the
highest price should achieve Francis Bacon's Seated Woman from 1961 (
Lot 33), that is estimated at $ 25,000,000 — $ 35,000,0
Lot 33), that is
estimated at $ 25,000,000 — $ 35,000,000.
The top
lot of the evening was Jean - Michel Basquiat's Pork (1981), selling over its
high estimate for # 5,122,500 / $ 6,838,538 / $ 6,167,490.
Despite two
lots that exceeded their
high estimates (Currin's «lesbians» and Alexander Calder's elegant black monochrome Deux Dates mobile) and three record
highs for individual artists (Currin again, Guston, and Richard Serra), the sale bore witness to the fact that Sotheby's
estimates had been set «when the world was a different place.»
Other top
lots include a Nikolai Roerich Himalayan painting that made $ 761k over a $ 285k
high estimate and an F. N. Souza portrait that made $ 419k over a $ 142k
high estimate.
In the introduction to the catalog, Pegg notes that the works were created between 1870 (
Lot 40: «Landscape,» an oil on canvas by Charles Ethan Porter, 1845 - 1943) and 2005 and that prices range from $ 300 to the
highest estimate of $ 80,000 (
Lot 550: Bob Thompson's «Allegorical Scene,» a circa 1959 oil on canvas).
In the three - day, thousand -
lot sale of designer Alberto Pinto's stock, three
lots by Claude Lalanne — with a combined
high estimate of $ 500k — sold for a total of $ 2.3 m.
Anish Kapoor's Untitled (Void Cube) from 2005 (
Lot 138) and Richard Prince's Untitled (Pens) from 1979 (
Lot 176) are both
estimated at $ 180,000 — $ 250,000, while Guyton - Walker's Untitled # 3 from 2009 (
Lot 115) has the low
estimate at $ 150,000 and
high estimate at $ 250,000.
The
highest priced
lot will be Gerhard Richter's Abstraktes Bild from 1989 (Lot 202) that is estimated at $ 2,000,000 — $ 3,000,000, Jeff Koons» Moustache from 2003 (Lot 150) should be sold for $ 1,800,000 — $ 2,500,000, while Andy Warhol's Camouflage from 1987 (Lot 152) and another Richter's work, Abstraktes Bild from 1986 (Lot 200) are both estimated at $ 1,500,000 — $ 2,000,0
lot will be Gerhard Richter's Abstraktes Bild from 1989 (
Lot 202) that is estimated at $ 2,000,000 — $ 3,000,000, Jeff Koons» Moustache from 2003 (Lot 150) should be sold for $ 1,800,000 — $ 2,500,000, while Andy Warhol's Camouflage from 1987 (Lot 152) and another Richter's work, Abstraktes Bild from 1986 (Lot 200) are both estimated at $ 1,500,000 — $ 2,000,0
Lot 202) that is
estimated at $ 2,000,000 — $ 3,000,000, Jeff Koons» Moustache from 2003 (
Lot 150) should be sold for $ 1,800,000 — $ 2,500,000, while Andy Warhol's Camouflage from 1987 (Lot 152) and another Richter's work, Abstraktes Bild from 1986 (Lot 200) are both estimated at $ 1,500,000 — $ 2,000,0
Lot 150) should be sold for $ 1,800,000 — $ 2,500,000, while Andy Warhol's Camouflage from 1987 (
Lot 152) and another Richter's work, Abstraktes Bild from 1986 (Lot 200) are both estimated at $ 1,500,000 — $ 2,000,0
Lot 152) and another Richter's work, Abstraktes Bild from 1986 (
Lot 200) are both estimated at $ 1,500,000 — $ 2,000,0
Lot 200) are both
estimated at $ 1,500,000 — $ 2,000,000.
Another interesting and rather beautiful work was
Lot 173, «Piss Elegance,» a color photograph, one of an edition of four, by Andres Serrano, that sold above its
high estimate fo $ 17,500.
A large painting of a woman by Jean - Baptiste Camille Corot,
Lot 7, «L'italienne,» soared above its
high estimate of $ 1,500,000 to sell to an American dealer for $ 2,866,000 to an American dealer.
Twenty - eight of the
lots exceeded their
high estimate and auction records were set for 15 artists and the jam - packed auction room burst into applause several times and at the end of the sale.
A good, colorful Robert Rauschenberg (b. 1925),
Lot 270, a 15 by 20 inch solvent transfer on plastic, paper, ink and tape 1966 collage, sold for $ 25,300, far above its
high estimate of $ 15,000.
A fine, typical Adolph Gottlieb (1903 - 1974), shown above,
Lot 227, an acrylic on paper, sold for $ 25,875, and had a
high estimate of $ 20,000.
Ms. Paulson described the auction as «fantastic,» noting that 27 of the 51
lots that sold went above the
high estimate.
«Classic works from the 1960's fetched very strong prices,» Tracy Williams, senior vice president of Sotheby's Contemporary Art Department, noted, adding that six of the sale's top ten
lots sold for over their
high estimate.
The auction was extremely successful with almost 84 percent of the 67 offered
lots selling for almost $ 47 million, extremely close to the pre-sale
high estimate.
A stong acrylic on canvas by Robert Motherwell (1915 - 1991),
Lot 210, sold for $ 79,500, well above its
high estimate of $ 60,000, and a nice Mark Tobey (1890 - 1976) sold for $ 145,000, well above its
high estimate of $ 80,000.
Lot 264, a very interesting 1948 - 9 oil and gouache on paper by Richard Diebenkorn (1922 - 1993), sold for $ 85,000, almost twice its
high estimate.
While this was a difficult work,
Lot 31, «Abstraktes Bilder (809 - 1; 809 - 2; 809 - 4),» three abstract and very colorful oils on canvas, each 88 1/2 by 78 3/4 inches and executed in 1994, sold for $ 3,415,750, more than twice its
high estimate.
In fact, over 38 % of the
lots in offer sold over
high estimate, including Adrian Ghenie's Self - Portrait as Vincent Van Gogh (
estimated at $ 300,000, sold for $ 2.6 million!)
This season offers the second
highest, pre-sale low
estimate for any Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Auction ever to take place in Europe at # 95million (64
lots).
Lot 148, «Lust,» by Jack Pierson (b. 1960), a metal, painted metal, plastic and neon work executed in 1996 had a
high estimate of $ 35,000 and sold for $ 134,500.
When it comes to the difference between
high estimate and hammer price, the most successful
lot — by far — was Frank Stella's Untitled, with hammer price that was more than 8 times
higher than its
high estimate.
World auction records were also set for Gordon Matta - Clark (1943 - 1978),
Lot 21, «Bronx Floors: Threshole,» 1972, $ 222,500; Matthew Barney (b. 1967),
Lot 5, «Cremaster 4,» 1994 - 5, $ 387,500, more than double its
high estimate; Mariko Mori (b. 1967),
Lot 6, «Red Light,» 1994, one of an edition of three, $ 101,500, well over its
high estimate of $ 60,000; Christopher Wool (b. 1955),
Lot 35, «Untitled (Fool),» 1990, $ 420,500, seven times its
high estimate; John Currin (b. 1962),
Lot 2, «Untitled,» 1990, $ 46,000; Jeff Koons (b. 1955),
Lot 14, «Buster Keaton,» 1988, a large polychrome wood sculpture, one of an edition of three, $ 409,500; Andreas Gursky (b. 1955),
Lot 11, «Atlanta,» 1996, a large Cibachrome print from an edition of six, $ 90,500; and Richard Serra (b. 1939),
Lot 22, «Sign Board,» 1969, $ 431,500.
Lots 107 and 108 are large paintings dealing with voyeurism, sex and violence by Clemente, each with
high estimates of $ 60,0000.
84 percent of the 68 offered
lots were sold and more than half of the offered
lots sold above their
high estimates, a remarkably statistic.