Thursday, February 5, 2009

Auction Results: Sotheby's Contemporary Art, Evening Sale, February 5, London

The art market is alive and well! The contemporary sale at Sotheby's in London last night was successful, all lots sold just within, or above, their estimate, with the exception of two. Here were my favorites (in GBP):

Zeng Fanzhi
Untitled (Mask Series)
Estimate: 300,000 - 400,000
Sold: 601,250


Gerhard Richter
Abstraktes Bild
Estimate: 500,000 - 700,000
Sold: 541,250


Anish Kapoor
Untitled
Estimate: 500,000 - 700,000
Sold: 982,050


Gerhard Richter
Troisdorf
Estimate: 1,500,000 - 2,000,000
Sold: 2,113,250

1 comment:

ashleigh said...

What a relief to know the art market hasn't totally collapsed! Things on the local front are picking up slowly and, hopefully, steadily.