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Sotheby's led the online auction in June, with Francis Bacon's trio of works in one of the brand's top shipments. Two weeks later, Christie's immediately held a "ONE" auction, bringing major works of Roy Lichtenstein and Gerhard Richter to the market.
While auctioneers have struggled to minimize potential damage caused by the pandemic, some of the top collectors have had the same headache. Especially as Revlon Inc Owner Ronald Perelman - one of ARTnews' top 200 collectors over the years, was forced to part ways with many of the precious works in his private collection. It is known that Perelman has sold 350 million USD of artwork since the pandemic broke out.
However, signs of life in the auction industry seem to be returning, when in December, Phillips held the evening auction and raised $ 134.6 million, the highest total ever. up to date of the brand. Does this signal that the market is returning to normal, or at least, a new normal? The challenging 2020 year is about to come to an end, below we have gathered 10 pieces that hit the highest hammering prices of the year, according to ARTnews.
When collector Donald Marron dies in 2019, many wonders where his collection will go. The Pace, Gagosian, and Acquavella blue-chip dealers have begun the process of selling his collection. In there, this abstract painting has reached Christie's. It sold for $ 30.9 million-plus premium, triple the artist's previous $ 10.9 million marks.
Today, works of art appear on the auction market that offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own. It could be the masterpiece of Picasso or Da Vinci or the work of modern Banksy. But most rarely, it was a prehistoric mark that was put up on the auction floor. As of last October, Christie's successfully sold the Tyrannosaurus skeleton at a staggering price: 32 million USD. It is known that the expected price for this skeleton is only over 5 million USD, but the price is pegged approximately 6 times, up to 32 million USD.
In July, this painting by Chinese-French master Sanyu depicting four naked women on her side sold for $ 33.3 million at Sotheby's Hong Kong's modern art sale. After a 10-minute battle, the work belonged to a buyer over the phone.
Among the highest-valued lots during Christie's October evening sale in New York is Cy Twombly's Untitled (Bolsena) (1969). Expected to be sold for between $ 35 and $ 50 million, the final picture will cost $ 38.7 million, approaching the lowest estimate.
In early December, Phillips' New York contemporary art sale grossed $ 134.6 million, marking the auction house's highest ever sales. One of the works that made the record was David Hockney's Nichols Canyon (1980), a landscape painting near the artist's old California home. It's sold from the collection of Seattle-based real estate developer Richard Hedreen.
In October in Hong Kong, a rare and classic work hit record prices at Sotheby's. A 700-year-old painting by Chinese painter and official Ren Renfa titled Five Drunken Princes Returning on Horseback resulted in a 75-minute "war", with more than 100 people in attendance.
In July, Christie's ONE auction continued to surprise Lichtenstein's pop-art Nude with Joyous Painting, which hit a hammering price of $ 46.2 million, after a protracted battle between Hong Kong clients and New York.
In October, Poly Auction in Beijing sold classic, rare Chinese paintings for up to $ 78.4 million after a match that took place more than an hour. The new owner is an American.
In June, Sotheby's sold Francis Bacon's painting Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus (1981) for a hammering price of $ 84.5 million. The massive work, based on the Greek trilogy from 5th century BC, comes from the collection of Hans Rasmus Astrup, who bought it in 1984. He sold it to raise funds for his private fund. I, the Astrup Fearnley Museum in Oslo.
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