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Sotheby’s sale of European Paintings in London brought a total of $9,820,347

LONDON.- Sotheby’s sale of European Paintings in London (including works by German, Austrian and Central European artists, The Scandinavian Sale, Spanish painting and The Greek Sale) brought a total of £6,264,175/€7,283,989. Commenting on the sale, Adrian Biddell, Senior Director and Head of the European Paintings Department, and Claude Piening, Senior Director, European Paintings Department said: The sale featured a number of especially attractive groups of works from different regional schools across Europe. Buyers both locally and internationally responded very positively to these choice lots, with a range of top works by Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Italian and Turkish artists attracting particularly strong bidding from collectors around the world. It was very satisfying to achieve a new world record price for the work of Ignacio Zuloaga in the Spanish section, as this is a painter who deserves greater recognition.