The top lot at Sotheby's sale, Camille Pissarro's 1897 view of Paris's Montmartre on a spring morning, fetched 19.7 million pounds, almost doubling
its presale high estimate of 10 million pounds.
On Friday, the 1982 work «Hannibal» — starring the artist's signature skull and crown surrounded by scribbles on orange background — was chased by at least seven bidders to reach 10.6 million pounds ($ 13.2 million) at Sotheby's, more than double
its presale high estimate of 4.5 million pounds.
The sale, the biggest for Sotheby's since May 2008, beat
the presale high estimate of $ 270 million, which excludes commissions.
A fascinating and rare album with 46 gelatin silver photographs of Hangzhou, China sold for $ 2,400, three times
the presale high estimate.
Not exact matches
The
presale low
estimate was $ 6,210,000 and the
high estimate was $ 8,520,000.
The price achieved an auction record for the artist, selling to a Gagosian Gallery representative who paid more than double the
presale $ 1.8 million
high estimate.
Last night's $ 380.6 million contemporary - art sale was just short of the
high presale estimate of $ 394.1 million.
The 2003 - 2004 painting fetched $ 34.9 million, the second -
highest price of the night, surpassing its
presale estimate of around $ 30 million.
Rene Magritte's gouache on paper, «La Belle Promenade,» drew at least four bidders, selling for 2.2 million pounds, more than double the
high presale estimate.
The auction's tally surpassed the
presale low
estimate of $ 284 million but fell short of the $ 383 million
high estimate.
«It's good to see some British exports are still desirable,» auctioneer Oliver Barker quipped when bidding for the work reached 4.6 million pounds, well over the
high presale estimate of 2 million pounds.
It beat its low
estimate of 5 million pounds but fell short of its
high presale value of 7 million pounds.
Japanese Pop megastar Takashi Murakami, meanwhile, topped out at the
high - end of his
presale estimate with a skull - and - flower painting going for $ 1.2 million.
Photos amassed by the late mutual - fund giant Howard Stein are heading for sale with what is called the
highest presale estimate for any photography collection ever at auction