NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Sotheby's
(NYSE: BID) last week held a week of worldwide auctions
across our New York, Geneva, London and Dubai salesrooms, with 3,885 lots sold over 13
auctions for a total of $852 million.
From 20th- and 21st-century art to
magnificent jewels and rare wines, auction history was made
throughout the week and around the globe.
Tad Smith, Sotheby's President
& CEO, commented: "Our flagship sales of Impressionist
& Modern and Contemporary Art achieved strong year-over-year
growth this week, delivering great results for Sotheby's consignors
and investors, and enticing bidders across categories and price
points. We head into 'A Life of Luxury' week in New York and our Old Masters sales in
London with great momentum."
NEW CLIENTS PARTICIPATE THROUGHOUT SALES
Ferrari F2001 Purchased for Record $7.5
Million
By a Client New to Sotheby's and RM Sotheby's
Record Number of New Client Registrants in a
Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Contemporary Art Collectors Help Propel
$7.1 Million Result for the Silver
Collection of
African, Pre-Columbian and Oceanic Art
DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO DRIVE
CLIENT ENGAGEMENT
First Online Purchase in a New York Evening Sale:
$1.8 Million for a Jasper Johns Work on Paper
Evening Sales Streamed On Social Media
Draw 450,000 Viewers Globally
TOP LOT OF THE WEEK
Francis Bacon's 'Three Studies of George
Dyer'
Achieves $38.6 Million
BIDDERS ACROSS ASIA DRIVE RESULTS
Five of the Top Ten Impressionist & Modern Works
Sell to Asia
ROMANTIC CHAGALL MASTERWORK
Sold for $28.5 Million to a Russian
Private Collector,
Smashing Auction Record Held since 1990
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR A FANCY LIGHT PINK
DIAMOND
A Superb 33.63-Carat Fancy Light Pink Diamond Ring
Sells for $12.8 Million
MARKET PAYS ITS RESPECTS TO ESTEEMED
COLLECTORS
Masterworks on Paper from the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Collection
Are 100% Sold, Totaling $60
Million
Strong Results for Works from the Collections
of
Barbara & Martin Zweig,
Jean Stein, Jerome &
Ellen Stern,
The Mellon Family and More
For enquires please contact Dan
Abernethy, 212 606 7176, dan.abernethy@sothebys.com
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