LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company’s February Contemporary Art Evening sale saw active bidding in a lively sale room realizing £5,409,200 /$8,725,040 with 84 % sold by value and 83% by lot. “We are delighted to have set three new auction records on a night that has proven that the market for contemporary art is buoyant. Phillips de Pury & Company continues to break new ground with strong results achieved for young contemporary artists.” Peter Sumner, Head of Sales, London, Philips de Pury & Company. Contemporary Art Evening Sale Top Ten Lots: • Jean-Michel Basquiat Overrun, £ 1,127,650 /$1,818,899 • Raqib Shaw, Absence of God III… And His Tears of Blood Will Drown the Cities of Men II £553,250/$892,392 • Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, The Painting on an Easel, £361,250/$582,696 • Rudolf Stingel, Untitled, £361,250/$582,696• Peter Fischli & David Weiss, 4 Hostessen (4 Stewardesses), £277,250/$447,204 • Günther Uecker, Mutation