Top 10 Art Auction Prices in January
The top ten most expensive works of fine art sold at auction in January 2012 according to artnet Price Database, sold for a total of over $89.9 million.
1.
Emperor Huizong
- Title: 瘦金千字文 (album with 27 works, cover & title by Guo Moruo)
- Medium: ink on paper
- Size: 17.6 x 7.8 in. / 44.6 x 19.8 cm.
- Sale Of: Chinese Culture Art Auction Co., Ltd.: Monday, January 2, 2012
- Sold For: 161,000,000 CNY (25,560,424 US$) PREMIUM
2.
Giuseppe Vermiglio
- Title: The Entombment of Christ
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 43.5 x 58 in. / 110.5 x 147.3 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's New York: Friday, January 27, 2012
- Sold For: 12,500,511 US$ PREMIUM
3.
Li Keran
- Title: 革命圣地韶山
- Medium: ink and color on paper
- Size: 28 x 42.1 in. / 71 x 107 cm.
- Sale Of: Nanjing Classic Auction Co. Ltd: Saturday, January 7, 2012
- Sold For: 68,425,000 CNY (10,846,477 US$) PREMIUM
4.
John James Audubon
- Title: The birds of America; From original drawings (4 vols. w/435 works)
- Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint
- Size: 38.5 x 25.6 in. / 97.9 x 65 cm.
- Sale Of: Christie's New York: Friday, January 20, 2012
- Sold For: 7,922,500 US$ PREMIUM
5.
Huang Jin
- Title: 临黄公望富春山居图
- Medium: ink and color on paper, on handscroll
- Size: 13.4 x 239.4 in. / 34 x 608 cm.
- Sale Of: Beijing Zhongtou Jiayi International Auction Co., Ltd.: Tuesday, January 3, 2012
- Sold For: 40,250,000 CNY (6,394,979 US$) PREMIUM
6.
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
- Title: The arrival of Henry III at the Villa Contarini
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 28.2 x 42 in. / 71.7 x 106.7 cm.
- Sale Of: Christie's New York: Wednesday, January 25, 2012
- Sold For: 5,906,500 US$ PREMIUM
7.
Canaletto
- Title: Venice, a view of the churches of the Redentore and San Giacomo, with a moored man-of-war, gondolas and barges
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 23.6 x 37.2 in. / 60 x 94.5 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's New York: Thursday, January 26, 2012
- Sold For: 5,682,500 US$ PREMIUM
8.
Lucas Cranach the Elder
- Title: Lucretia
- Medium: oil on panel
- Size: 23.7 x 19.3 in. / 60.3 x 48.9 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's New York: Thursday, January 26, 2012
- Sold For: 5,122,500 US$ PREMIUM
9.
Li Keran
- Title: 万山红遍 (Mountains colored in autumn red)
- Medium: ink and color on paper
- Size: 37.6 x 70.5 in. / 95.5 x 179 cm.
- Sale Of: Long Hei International Auction (Macao) Limited: Sunday, January 8, 2012
- Sold For: 39,600,000 HKD (5,100,135 US$) HAMMER
10.
Fra Bartolommeo
- Title: Saint Jerome in the wilderness
- Medium: oil on panel
- Size: 17.8 x 11 in. / 45.1 x 27.9 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's New York: Thursday, January 26, 2012
- Sold For: 4,898,500 US$ PREMIUM