LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company’s June Contemporary Art Evening sale realizes £11,243,350/$16,923,234 in total, selling 95% by value and 87% by lot. In a packed sale room at the Ballroom at Claridge’s there was active bidding in person a…
Sotheby’s Sets Record for an Islamic Work of Art at Auction with £7.4 Million Sale
LONDON.- Today, Sotheby’s London established a new record for an Islamic work of art at auction when an illustrated folio from the Shahnameh made for Shah Tahmasp of Persia, universally acknowledged as one of the supreme illustrated manuscripts of…
Sotheby’s Sets Record for an Islamic Work of Art at Auction with the £7.4 Million Achieved for the Shahnameh
LONDON.- Today, Sotheby’s London established a new record for an Islamic work of art at auction when an illustrated folio from the Shahnameh made for Shah Tahmasp of Persia, universally acknowledged as one of the supreme illustrated manuscripts of…
Sotheby’s February 2011 Contemporary Art Evening Auction Realises $71,051,252
LONDON.- Tonight, Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening sale realised £44,359,900 /$71,051,252 /€52,965,613 – above the high estimate (£30.4-£43 million/$48.7-$68.9 million**). With ‘Looking Closely’, this sum brings the total for S…
Andy Warhol’s "Men in Her Life" Sells for Over $63,000,000 at Phillips de Pury & Company Sale
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips de Pury & Company demonstrated renewed strength in the market delivering exceptional results this evening in the biggest ever sale of the company which totaled $137,028,00. The groundbreaking inaugural auction at 450 Park Avenue…
Andy Warhol’s "Men in Her Life" Sells for Over $63,000,000 at Phillips de Pury & Company Sale
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips de Pury & Company demonstrated renewed strength in the market delivering exceptional results this evening in the biggest ever sale of the company which totaled $137,028,00. The groundbreaking inaugural auction at 450 Park Avenue…
A Record Year for Christie’s Dubai Sales of Contemporary Middle Eastern Art in 2010
DUBAI.- Christie’s, the world’s leading art business, announced that tonight’s sale of International Modern and Contemporary Art in Dubai made $14,043,000 / AED 51,565,896, more than doubling the pre-sale estimate of $6.7 million and con…
World Records for David Hockney, Aaron Young, Sterling Ruby & Dana Schutz at Phillips de Pury
LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company’s October Contemporary Art sales totaled £8,819,900 /$14,129,480 (including premium). The Contemporary Art Day sale saw active bidding with strong results with many works achieving over their pre-sale high esti…
World Records for David Hockney, Aaron Young, Sterling Ruby & Dana Schutz at Phillips de Pury
LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company’s October Contemporary Art sales totaled £8,819,900 /$14,129,480 (including premium). The Contemporary Art Day sale saw active bidding with strong results with many works achieving over their pre-sale high esti…
World Records for David Hockney, Aaron Young, Sterling Ruby & Dana Schutz at Phillips de Pury
LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company’s October Contemporary Art sales totaled £8,819,900 /$14,129,480 (including premium). The Contemporary Art Day sale saw active bidding with strong results with many works achieving over their pre-sale high esti…