AMSTERDAM.- The sale of the world-renowned BAT ArtVenture Collection, formerly known as The Peter Stuyvesant Collection, Part Two, realized a total of €2,941,725 / £2,582,732/ $4,198,489, a figure well above the pre-sale expectations of €1 million. Presale interest had been huge and more than 500 clients had registered to bid in tonight’s sale – either in person, by phone, online or by leaving absentee bids — and the sale established sell-through rates of 95.4% by lot and 98.7% by value, set 43 new artist records and 25 benchmarks for artists new to auction. These notable results further build on the outstanding successes established by Sotheby’s Amsterdam with the sale of the first part of the collection on 8 March 2010.