LONDON, June 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Sotheby's
(NYSE: BID) June 2017 sales of Contemporary Art in
London totaled $105.7 million, representing an increase of 20%
in GBP and 16% in USD over the same series last year. The
sales capped eight days of auctions of Impressionist, Modern &
Contemporary Art at Sotheby's that achieved $310.3 million.
The Contemporary Art Evening Sale totaled $79.8 million and saw 39 of 41 works sold.
Top lots were dominated by major American artists, including
Jean-Michel Basquiat and
Andy Warhol. The Day Sale
totaled $17.9 million and was led by
the work of major German artists including Gerhard
Richter, Albert Oehlen, and Günther Uecker.
To date, Sotheby's global Contemporary art auctions for the
first half of 2017 are up nearly 30% in USD compared to the same
period in 2016. The Company's autumn sales of
Contemporary Art will open in London in early September with more than 400
works from the personal collection of renowned photographer
Mario Testino, and later in the
month in New York with the
collection of noted American playwright Edward Albee.
About Sotheby's
Sotheby's has been uniting collectors
with world-class works of art since 1744. Sotheby's became the
first international auction house when it expanded from
London to New York (1955), the first to conduct sales in
Hong Kong (1973), India (1992) and France (2001), and the first international
fine art auction house in China
(2012). Today, Sotheby's presents auctions in 10 different
salesrooms, including New York,
London, Hong Kong and Paris, and Sotheby's BidNow program allows
visitors to view all auctions live online and place bids from
anywhere in the world. Sotheby's offers collectors the resources of
Sotheby's Financial Services, the world's only full-service
art financing company, as well as the collection advisory services
of its subsidiary, Art Agency, Partners. Sotheby's
presents private sale opportunities in more than 70 categories,
including S|2, the gallery arm of Sotheby's Global Fine Art
Division, and two retail businesses, Sotheby's Diamonds and
Sotheby's Wine. Sotheby's has a global network of 80 offices in 40
countries and is the oldest company listed on the New York Stock
Exchange (BID).
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