Temple Festival in Bali by Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur De Merpres sold for HK$7,700,000
Posted on Jun 2 - Filed Under Arts | Leave a Comment
Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur De Merpres’s painting titled “Temple Festival in Bali” was sold for HK$7,700,000 ($993,666) by Christie’s at the Southeast Asian Modern and Contemporary Art auction in Hong Kong on May 30, 2011
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René Magritte’s painting sold for £657,250
Posted on Feb 10 - Filed Under Arts | Leave a Comment
A René Magritte painting title “La recherche de l’absolu” was sold for £657,250 ($1,055,544) by Christie’s at the “The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale” auction on February, 9 2011. Among the great surrealist works that were auctioned, René Magritte’s other painting “L’aimant” sold for the most, an amazing £4,745,250 including buyer’s premium.
Ohhh…Alright… by Roy Lichtenstein
Posted on Nov 11 - Filed Under Arts | Leave a Comment
Roy Lichtenstein’s work “Ohhh…Alright…” sells for a record $42,642,500 at Christie’s Post-war and Contemporary Evening Sale on Nov 10, 2010.
Plenty of Warhol, Duchamp, Koons, Richter, Pollock and others were also sold, many in the million dollar range so we’ll have a dedicated post for those soon.
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Nude, Green Leaves and Bust by Picasso sold for $106,482,500
Posted on May 9 - Filed Under Arts | Leave a Comment
Yes, that’s right. Over $106 million. By an anonymous bidder. It’s over 100 times more than what we should write about here on this blog, but it is such a stunning auction event that we had to share it. So here it goes:
Pablo Picasso’s painting: “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust” sold for $106,482,500 by Christie’s at the “Property from the Collection of Mrs. Sidney F. Brody” auction on May 4. There were other stunning sales but this one clearly stands out.
Die Helfer by Neo Rauch sells for $980,378
Posted on Mar 7 - Filed Under Arts | Leave a Comment
The oil painting by Neo Rauch titled “Die Helfer” sold during Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction on February 12 for £623,650 ($980,378), over 2 times the pre-auction estimate.
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