Top 10 Art Auction Prices in April
The top ten most expensive works of fine art sold at auction in April 2012 according to artnet Price Database, sold for a total of over $62.2 million.
1.
Dreicer & Co.
- Title: Ring
- Medium: pink diamond, platinum
- Size: 00 in. / 00 cm.
- Sale Of: Christie's New York: Tuesday, April 17, 2012
- Sold For: 15,762,500 US$ PREMIUM
2.
Claude Monet
- Title: Voilier sur le petit bras de la Seine, Argenteuil, 1872
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 20.1 x 25 in. / 51 x 63.5 cm.
- Sale Of: Fine Art Auctions Miami: Thursday, April 26, 2012
- Sold For: 9,265,500 US$ PREMIUM
3.
Qi Baishi
- Title: Willows at the riverside (+ Begonias; pair)
- Medium: ink on screen
- Size: 58.2 x 52.2 in. / 147.8 x 132.5 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's Hong Kong: Tuesday, April 3, 2012
- Sold For: 70,100,000 HKD (9,028,502 US$) PREMIUM
4.
Zhang Xiaogang
- Title: Bloodline - Big family: Family no. 2
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 43.3 x 51.2 in. / 110 x 130 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's Hong Kong: Monday, April 2, 2012
- Sold For: 52,180,000 HKD (6,719,291 US$) PREMIUM
5.
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky
- Title: View of Constantinople and the Bosphorus
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 49 x 77 in. / 124.5 x 195.5 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's London: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
- Sold For: 3,233,250 GBP (5,215,760 US$) PREMIUM
6.
Fang Lijun
- Title: 1993. 4
- Medium: acrylic on canvas
- Size: 70.9 x 90.6 in. / 180 x 230 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's Hong Kong: Monday, April 2, 2012
- Sold For: 28,660,000 HKD (3,690,588 US$) PREMIUM
7.
Zao Wou-Ki
- Title: 25.06.86
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 76.8 x 51.2 in. / 195 x 130 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's Hong Kong: Monday, April 2, 2012
- Sold For: 25,300,000 HKD (3,257,916 US$) PREMIUM
8.
Faidee
- Title: A necklace
- Medium: ruby, diamond, platinum
- Size: 018.9 in. / 048 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's Hong Kong: Tuesday, April 3, 2012
- Sold For: 24,180,000 HKD (3,114,253 US$) PREMIUM
9.
Fu Baoshi
- Title: Mount Lu
- Medium: ink and color on paper, on scroll
- Size: 26 x 38 in. / 66 x 96.5 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's Hong Kong: Tuesday, April 3, 2012
- Sold For: 24,180,000 HKD (3,114,253 US$) PREMIUM
10.
Zao Wou-Ki
- Title: 25.05.70
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 59.1 x 63.8 in. / 150 x 162 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's Hong Kong: Monday, April 2, 2012
- Sold For: 24,180,000 HKD (3,113,692 US$) PREMIUM