Sentences with phrase «pieces sold at auctions»

In May, one of her pieces sold at auction at Christie's for $ 1.4 million, four times its appraised value.

When the piece sold at auction in 2004 for $ 3 million, Cattelan's act of smirking impiety was confirmed as a high - priced collectible.

Yet this particular piece sold at auction for $ 541,000.

Not exact matches

The piece was only supposed to sell for $ 400,000, but was bought by a commodities trader based out of Texas for a grand $ 1.8 million at an auction in Beverly Hills, California in June.

Kepler Cheuvreux analyst Jon Cox said he estimated the size of the second - hand market at around $ 5 billion a year in revenue, including watches sold at auction, and that it had outperformed the market for new pieces in the last couple of years.

His early dyed - and - sewn canvas pieces, which sold for $ 450 in the 1960s, now bring $ 200,000, while wood works that sold for $ 450 in 1965 are reaching $ 450,000, and a 1966 installation of the 26 letters of the alphabet, composed of soldered tin, sold at auction to MoMA for $ 1 million.

Minutes before that 500 - year - old piece hit the block, a two - year - old Kerry James Marshall painting, Still - Life with Wedding Portrait, went up for sale and drew strong bidding, eventually selling for $ 5.04 million with buyer's premium, a new record for the artist at auction, and a figure well above the $ 1.5 million high estimate the auction house had tagged to the piece.

To recap: Marguerite Hoffman sued David Martinez in 2010 after a big red painting by the abstract expressionist artist Mark Rothko turned up on an auction block not long after she sold the piece to Martinez at a discount of $ 17.6 million (he eventually got $ 31.4 million for it at auction).

2010: Artwalk NY, New York, NY (auction conducted by Sotheby's)(wire piece sold at live auction; railroad drawing at silent auction)(Coalition for the Homeless benefit)

Pop artist Ed Ruscha, a MOCA trustee known for his deadpan images of parking lots, gas stations and L.A. architecture, now sells pieces for $ 3 million to $ 6 million at auction; he didn't come close to crossing the $ 1 million barrier before 2002.

On Wednesday at a Christie's auction in New York, a rediscovered painting by Leonardo da Vinci sold for a whopping $ 450 million, becoming the most expensive piece ever sold.

His 2008 piece «He's Hear, and He's Thair» — depicting a homeless man named Emory who became his friend — sold at Phillips auction house on Wednesday for $ 60,000.

In 2007, one sold at Sotheby's for $ 23m, then the most expensive piece of art created by a living artist sold at auction.

In 2008, Fanzhi set a world auction record when his Mask Series 1996 No. 6 piece was sold at Hong Kong auction for mind - boggling $ 9.6 million.

More than $ 2.5 million was raised by Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, and Marilyn Minter, as the three of them sold their pieces at the Sotheby's auction.

Ever since the piece was sold at the auction, the art world was speculating about the mystery bidder who took home the work after a protracted contest lasting nearly 20 minutes at the auction house.

In the»80s, she emerged as conceptual artist in the feminist art movement of the time, and since then her artwork — typically black - and - white photographic images, some as large as a billboard, with stripes of provocatively worded type on top of them — has become highly prized, one piece selling for nearly $ 1 million at a recent auction.

In 2009, the same auction house estimated the piece at $ 3 million, way beyond the initial price, and the piece failed to sell.

Baldessari set a personal auction record when his acrylic - on - canvas piece Quality Material (1966 — 1968) was sold for $ 4,408,000 at Christie's New York in 2007.

In recent days, Phillips's staff had tried — with little success — to convince the auction's consigners to cut their reserves, or the minimum level at which pieces could be sold, up to 50 percent below the low estimates.

Several artworks toppled records throughout the night — most dramatically Francis Bacon's Three Studies of Lucian Freud, 1969, which sold for $ 142.4 million to beat out Edvard Munch's The Scream as the most expensive piece of art ever to be sold at auction.

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.

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.

In 2007, when London - based moviemakers Christopher Thompson and Alper Cagatay made the decision to «acquire» a piece of art by legendary street artist Banksy — whose Space Girl and Bird sold for $ 575,000 at Bonham's auction house in 2007 — and find a buyer for it, neither of them knew exactly what they were getting into.

It's unclear how much monetary damage was done, as the gourd is only one facet of the larger installation, but Artnet News reports a similar - looking Kusama piece, sold as a standalone work, went for around $ 800,000 at auction in 2015.

Auction houses played an increasingly important role as sellers of contemporary art after 1973, when the auction of 50 pieces from the Pop art collection of American taxicab magnate Robert Scull — some of which sold at prices 50 times greater than Scull had originally paid — garnered more than $ 2.2 mAuction houses played an increasingly important role as sellers of contemporary art after 1973, when the auction of 50 pieces from the Pop art collection of American taxicab magnate Robert Scull — some of which sold at prices 50 times greater than Scull had originally paid — garnered more than $ 2.2 mauction of 50 pieces from the Pop art collection of American taxicab magnate Robert Scull — some of which sold at prices 50 times greater than Scull had originally paid — garnered more than $ 2.2 million.

Earlier this week, a similar piece sold for $ 665,000 at Sotheby's, setting an auction record for the artist.

Cerebrally cool yet spectacularly elegant, this piece (which contains Kelm's recurring red - and - green magnet motif) is a lovely example of her work, which more than tripled its estimate at Christie's London in 2012 (the only time one of her photographs has appeared at auction) where it sold for $ 29,128.

Working in the area of painting, Murillo creating bold powerful abstract pieces full of power and energy while Rosa creates more refined lyrical abstract pieces but what is certain is that both artists are set to see their stock rise, as can be seen by Oscar Murillo pieces already selling for large prices at auctions.

That auction also minted Jeff Koons» $ 58.4 million Balloon Dog (Orange)(1994 - 2000) as the most expensive piece by a living artist ever sold at auction.

Another trend to watch is the increasing number of artists who skip the gallery world altogether and sell their pieces for the first time at auction.

It fetched $ 106.5 million which makes it the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction.

The most expensive piece of American art sold at auction, this signature work by one of the great abstract painters of the mid-20th century, and a pioneer of Colour Field Painting, is the second most expensive post-war painting sold at auction, after Francis Bacon's Triptych.

With its brown smears, louche elves, and insane scribbles, the piece is emblematic of his signature body of work, individual parts of which have sold for as much as $ 380,000 at auction.

At a 2015 Christie's auction, his Stranger # 37 (2008) sold for over $ 2.9 million — his highest - selling piece to date.

Here are some more points of interest: she went through the renowned Whitney Independent Study Program, then was championed early on by the tastemaking dealer John Good; she's been collected by MoMA, the Whitney, the Smithsonian, and the Saatchi Collection, among other institutions; and, while her auction market is still nascent (thanks to collectors who prefer to hold onto her pieces), this October one of her paintings sold for $ 95,000 at Frieze London.

It was the first time that this piece was sold at auction, which made this feat even more extraordinary.

In 2014, a state - owned casino operator sold two Andy Warhol pieces that were once owned by WestLB at an auction, drawing criticism.

The event featured amazing artwork contributed by Creative Capital grantees, including these three pieces by Edgar Arceneaux, Sam Van Aken and Paul Shambroom, which were sold in a live auction at the event.

When it's an utterly splendid, signature black - and - white piece by Christopher Wool, one of the top - five most expensive living painters — his work regularly sells for the ten of millions of dollars at auction — and among the most influential artists anywhere today.

The piece, which was sold at Beijing Poly International Auction, made Baishi, who was born to a poor family, one of the world's most valued Chinese artists of 2017.

Actually, a vast number of pieces sold during the VIP opening were present at some of the most important auctions during the spring season.

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