Top 10 Art Auction Prices in October
The top ten most expensive works of fine art sold at auction in October 2009 according to artnet's
Price Database, sold for a total of over $23.4 million.
1.
Sanyu
- Title: Lotus et poissons rouges - lotus and red fish
- Medium: oil on masonite
- Size: 46 x 70.5 in. / 116.8 x 179 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's Hong Kong: Tuesday, October 6, 2009
- Sold For: 36,500,000 HKD (4,710,467 US$) PREMIUM
2.
Martin Kippenberger
- Title: Paris bar
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 81.5 x 149.9 in. / 207 x 380.8 cm.
- Sale Of: Christie's London: Friday, October 16, 2009
- Sold For: 2,281,250 BP (3,607,860 US$) PREMIUM
3.
Peter Doig
- Title: Pine house - Rooms for rent
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 70.9 x 90.7 in. / 180 x 230.5 cm.
- Sale Of: Christie's London: Friday, October 16, 2009
- Sold For: 1,385,250 BP (2,190,811 US$) PREMIUM
4.
Zao Wou-Ki
- Title: Untitled
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 76.8 x 44.9 in. / 195 x 114 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's Hong Kong: Tuesday, October 6, 2009
- Sold For: 15,780,000 HKD (2,036,470 US$) PREMIUM
5.
Damien Hirst
- Title: The Importance of Elsewhere-The Kingdom of Heaven
- Medium: butterflies and household paint on canvas
- Size: 115 x 96 in. / 292 x 243.8 cm.
- Sale Of: Seoul Auction: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
- Sold For: 15,500,000 HKD (2,000,335 US$) HAMMER
6.
Sanyu
- Title: Flowers in a white vase
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 45.3 x 34.6 in. / 115 x 88 cm.
- Sale Of: Seoul Auction: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
- Sold For: 15,250,000 HKD (1,968,072 US$) HAMMER
7.
Lord Frederick Leighton
- Title: Venus disrobing for the bath
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 79.9 x 35.8 in. / 203 x 91 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's New York: Thursday, October 22, 2009
- Sold For: 1,874,500 US$ PREMIUM
8.
Martin Kippenberger
- Title: Kellner des... - Waiter of...
- Medium: oil on canvas laid on panel with wall lights
- Size: 78.7 x 94.7 x 7.5 in. / 200 x 240.5 x 19 cm.
- Sale Of: Christie's London: Friday, October 16, 2009
- Sold For: 1,105,250 BP (1,747,983 US$) PREMIUM
9.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Title: Year of the Boar (triptych)
- Medium: acrylic on canvas laid on wood supports
- Size: 96.1 x 74.8 in. / 244 x 190 cm.
- Sale Of: Phillips de Pury & Company London: Saturday, October 17, 2009
- Sold For: 1,105,250 BP (1,747,983 US$) PREMIUM
10.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Title: Fuego flores
- Medium: acrylic and oilstick on canvas
- Size: 66.1 x 59.8 in. / 168 x 152 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's London: Friday, October 16, 2009
- Sold For: 959,650 BP (1,517,713 US$) PREMIUM