As 2006 draws to a close, the art market boom is driving prices for the most expensive artworks to new heights. The art market’s top tier has made itself at home in the eight-figure realm, with all manner of works selling for $10 million or more. This luxury inflation, if that’s what it is, has now spread from major Impressionist works to a much broader range of masterpieces, from popular illustrations by Norman Rockwell to 18th-century Chinese porcelain.
Today, to count as a really big price, an artwork has to sell for nine figures. Although this kind of transaction does take place at the auction houses -- Pablo Picasso’s Boy with a Pipe (1905), which sold for $104 million at Sotheby’s New York, is a notable example -- more nine-figure sales have been happening privately, only to be chronicled later in the press.
Hollywood mogul David Geffen, for instance, has been widely reported to have sold Willem de Kooning’s Woman III (1952-53) for $142.5 million to hedge fund billionaire Steven A. Cohen. Geffen has now reportedly sold four multimillion-dollar works from his modern and contemporary collection -- the others are Jackson Pollock’s No. 5, 1948, for $140 million, Jasper Johns’ False Start for $80 million and de Kooning’s Police Gazette (1955) for $63.5 million. Originally thought to be raising money to make a bid to buy the Los Angeles Times, Geffen has since denied that report, saying only that he didn’t like having such value hanging on his walls -- only to offer $2 billion for the newpaper a few days later.
The total for the four Geffen works is $426 million, and is considerably more than the record $240-million evening sale of contemporary art at Christie’s New York on Nov. 15, 2006.
With the completion of the major fall sales at Christie’s and Sotheby’s in November, it’s time to take another look at the overall advance of the art market. Our first such report, posted in June 2006, looked at the incredible 1,650 new art-auction records set in the spring, ranging from Carroll Dunham ($102,000) and Kerry James Marshall ($108,000) to Robert Ryman ($9,648,000) and Henri Matisse ($18,496,000).
The impression given of an in exorable upward rise in prices, while certainly illusory, does seem to have been born out by the events of the last six months. Art collecting is more popular than ever, especially as a way to gain class and status for the macher who otherwise has everything (pace those hedge-fund billionaires). Wall Street bonuses are up 20 percent over last year, and the sinking exchange rate for the dollar makes the U.S. market ever more attractive to foreigners.
Technological advances -- notably the internet -- have made the art market more liquid and more efficient than ever before. Once focused largely to the U.S. and Europe, the art market has spread like wildfire into Latin America, China, India and the Middle East. The result is an art boom that -- dare we say it, even in folly? -- might never quit.
This time around, following the big art auctions of fall 2006, mining the data found in Artnet’s signature Fine Arts Auction Data base shows that more than 2,800 new auction records were set in the fine-art auctions of October and November 2006. Of these new records, 72 were over $1 million. In May 2006, 45 of the new record prices were for $1 million or more.
New auction records set in October and November 2006 range from Gustav Klimt ($87,936,000) and Paul Gauguin ($40,336,000) to Anton Henning ($101,887) and Tetsuya Ishida ($100,257). The following list is comprehensive to $1,000,000, after which it is selective.
Rank |
Price |
Artist |
Work |
Venue |
Sale 0606 |
Date |
1 |
$87,936,000 |
Gustav Klimt |
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II |
Christie's New York |
Impressionist & Modern |
11/08/06 |
2 |
$40,336,000 |
Paul Gauguin |
L'homme à la hache |
Christie's New York |
Impressionist & Modern |
11/08/06 |
3 |
$38,096,000 |
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner |
Berliner Strassenszene |
Christie's New York |
Impressionist & Modern |
11/08/06 |
4 |
$27,120,000 |
Willem de Kooning |
Untitled XXV |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
5 |
$26,896,000 |
Edward Hopper |
Hotel window |
Sotheby's New York |
American Paintings |
11/29/06 |
6 |
$22,416,000 |
Egon Schiele |
Einzelne häuser - Häuser mit Bergen |
Christie's New York |
Impressionist & Modern |
11/08/06 |
7 |
$21,296,000 |
Clyfford Still |
1947-R-no. 1 |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
8 |
$17,376,000 |
Andy Warhol |
Mao |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
9 |
$15,416,000 |
Norman Rockwell |
Breaking home ties |
Sotheby's New York |
American Paintings |
11/29/06 |
10 |
$15,024,000 |
Francis Bacon |
Version No. 2 of lying figure... |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/14/06 |
11 |
$8,528,000 |
Pierre Bonnard |
Deux corbeilles de fruits |
Christie's New York |
Impressionist & Modern |
11/08/06 |
12 |
$6,925,450 |
Xu Beihong |
Slave and lion |
Christie's Hong Kong |
20th Century Chinese |
11/26/06 |
13 |
$6,736,000 |
Balthus |
Les trois soeurs |
Christie's New York |
Impressionist & Modern |
11/08/06 |
14 |
$6,176,000 |
Richard Diebenkorn |
Berkeley 53 |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
15 |
$5,184,615 |
K. A. Somov |
Pastorale russe |
Christie's London |
Important Russian Pictures |
11/29/06 |
16 |
$4,478,149 |
Chen Chengbo |
Danshui |
Sotheby's Hong Kong |
Chinese Contemporary |
10/09/06 |
17 |
$4,048,000 |
Louise Bourgeois |
Spider |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
18 |
$4,048,000 |
Sam Francis |
Yellow |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
19 |
$4,030,189 |
Lucio Fontana |
Concetto spaziale, attese |
Christie's London |
The Italian Sale |
10/16/06 |
20 |
$4,000,000 |
Thomas Lawrence |
Portrait of Arthur Wellesley |
Christie's London |
British Pictures 1500-1850 |
11/22/06 |
21 |
$3,758,355 |
Sanyu |
Potted chrysanthemum |
Christie's Hong Kong |
20th Century Chinese |
11/26/06 |
22 |
$3,701,266 |
H. A. Camarasa |
El Casino de Paris |
Christie's Madrid |
Spanish Sale |
10/04/06 |
23 |
$3,600,000 |
Erich Heckel |
Akt (Dresden): A double-sided painting |
Sotheby's New York |
Impressionist & Modern |
11/07/06 |
24 |
$3,273,892 |
Joan Mitchell |
Salut sally |
Artcurial Briest Le Fur Poulain F. Tajan |
Contemporain |
10/28/06 |
25 |
$3,182,519 |
Zao Wou-Ki |
Composition no. 8 |
Christie's Hong Kong |
20th Century Chinese |
11/26/06 |
26 |
$3,040,000 |
Mark Tansey |
Mont Sainte-Victoire |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
27 |
$2,704,000 |
Mike Kelley |
Deodorized central mass with satellites |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
28 |
$2,656,604 |
Tom Wesselmann |
Great American nude #88 |
Christie's London |
Yoav Harlap Collection |
10/15/06 |
29 |
$2,648,000 |
Barbara Hepworth |
Ultimate form (The family of man) |
Sotheby's New York |
Impressionist & Modern |
11/07/06 |
30 |
$2,592,000 |
Piero Manzoni |
Achrome |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/14/06 |
31 |
$2,480,000 |
Andreas Gursky |
99 cent II Diptychon |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
32 |
$2,462,725 |
Liao Chi Chun |
Spring scene in the garden |
Christie's Hong Kong |
20th Century Chinese |
11/26/06 |
33 |
$2,318,766 |
Zhang Xiaogang |
Tiananmen square |
Christie's Hong Kong |
Asian Contemporary |
11/26/06 |
34 |
$2,256,000 |
Anish Kapoor |
Untitled |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/14/06 |
35 |
$2,256,000 |
Richard Prince |
Tender nurse |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
36 |
$2,032,000 |
Carl Andre |
Aluminum steel plain |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
37 |
$2,032,000 |
N. C. Wyeth |
Stand and deliver |
Sotheby's New York |
American Paintings |
11/29/06 |
38 |
$1,953,846 |
A. E. Yakovlev |
Three women in a box at the theatre |
Sotheby's London |
The Russian Sale |
11/28/06 |
39 |
$1,920,000 |
Eric Fischl |
Daddy's girl |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
40 |
$1,916,981 |
David Bomberg |
Cuenca from Mount Socorro |
Christie's London |
20th Century British |
11/17/06 |
41 |
$1,864,000 |
Lynn Chadwick |
Couple on a seat |
Sotheby's New York |
Impressionist & Modern |
11/07/06 |
42 |
$1,846,154 |
Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev |
The children |
Christie's London |
Important Russian Pictures |
11/29/06 |
43 |
$1,808,000 |
Alfredo Ramos Martínez |
Mujeres con flores |
Christie's New York |
Latin American |
11/21/06 |
44 |
$1,738,462 |
P. N. Filonov |
The Adoration of the Magi |
Christie's London |
Important Russian Pictures |
11/29/06 |
45 |
$1,696,000 |
Christopher Wool |
Hole in your fuckin head |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
46 |
$1,695,385 |
Z. E. Serebryakova |
Reclining nude |
Sotheby's London |
The Russian Sale |
11/28/06 |
47 |
$1,642,013 |
Giacomo Ceruti |
Il bravo ... |
Christie's Milan |
Old Master Pictures |
11/29/06 |
48 |
$1,574,684 |
Miquel Barceló |
Bibliotheque avec poe |
Christie's Madrid |
Spanish Sale |
10/04/06 |
49 |
$1,480,000 |
Nikiforos (Nicéphore) Lytras |
A festival in Megara |
Sotheby's London |
The Greek Sale |
11/15/06 |
50 |
$1,472,000 |
Archibald Willard |
The spirit of '76 |
Christie's New York |
Important American Paintings |
11/30/06 |
51 |
$1,397,468 |
Cornelis Springer |
A view of the Westerstraat in Enkhuizen in summer |
Sotheby's Amsterdam |
19th Century European Paintings |
10/17/06 |
52 |
$1,360,000 |
Henri Eugène Le Sidaner |
La table aux Lanternes, Gerberoy |
Sotheby's New York |
Impressionist & Modern |
11/08/06 |
53 |
$1,360,000 |
Anselm Kiefer |
Balder's Triume |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
54 |
$1,360,000 |
Grandma Moses |
Sugaring off |
Christie's New York |
Important American Paintings |
11/30/06 |
55 |
$1,264,615 |
A. A. Ekster |
Picnic on the beach |
Christie's London |
Important Russian Pictures |
11/29/06 |
56 |
$1,248,000 |
Isamu Noguchi |
The sky |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/14/06 |
57 |
$1,200,000 |
Vladimir Egorovich Makovsky |
Rest on the way from Kiev |
Sotheby's London |
The Russian Sale |
11/28/06 |
58 |
$1,200,000 |
Leon Bakst |
A dancer in costume |
Christie's London |
Important Russian Pictures |
11/29/06 |
59 |
$1,178,462 |
Nikolaus Gysis |
The new arrival |
Sotheby's London |
The Greek Sale |
11/15/06 |
60 |
$1,177,358 |
Barry Flanagan |
Nijinski hare |
Christie's London |
20th Century British |
11/17/06 |
61 |
$1,173,846 |
Alexej Alexejewitsch Harlamoff |
The little seamstress |
Bonhams London |
Russian Sale |
11/27/06 |
62 |
$1,167,095 |
Bada Shanren |
Flowers, birds, fish and rocks (set of 4) |
Christie's Hong Kong |
Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy |
11/27/06 |
63 |
$1,136,000 |
Niki de Saint Phalle |
Ana Lena en Grice |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/14/06 |
64 |
$1,136,000 |
Josef Albers |
Homage to the square, autumn climax |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
65 |
$1,113,962 |
William Scott |
Blue still life |
Christie's London |
20th Century British |
11/17/06 |
66 |
$1,101,760 |
Fred Williams |
Water pond in a landscape II |
Sotheby's Melbourne |
Australian & International |
11/21/06 |
67 |
$1,092,308 |
Santiago Rusiñol |
Terraced gardens, sa como |
Sotheby's London |
19th Century European Paintings |
11/15/06 |
68 |
$1,071,698 |
Piotr Uklanski |
The Nazis (set of 164) |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
10/14/06 |
69 |
$1,071,698 |
Alighiero Boetti |
Tutto |
Sotheby's London |
The Italian Sale |
10/16/06 |
70 |
$1,066,324 |
Zhu Ming |
Single whip (from Taichi) |
Sotheby's Hong Kong |
Chinese Contemporary |
10/09/06 |
71 |
$1,029,434 |
Mel Ramos |
Peek-a-boo Raven #2 |
Christie's London |
The Yoav Harlap Collection |
10/15/06 |
72 |
$1,024,000 |
Jenny Saville |
Still |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/14/06 |
73 |
$996,000 |
Paul Howard Manship |
Celestial sphere |
Sotheby's New York |
American Paintings |
11/29/06 |
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75 |
$984,615 |
Abram Efimovich Arkhipov |
At the market |
Christie's London |
Important Russian Pictures |
11/29/06 |
77 |
$968,000 |
Jacob Lawrence |
Subway acrobats |
Christie's New York |
Important American Paintings |
11/30/06 |
78 |
$951,157 |
Yue Minjun |
Kites |
Christie's Hong Kong |
Asian Contemporary |
11/26/06 |
79 |
$940,000 |
Henri Martin |
Le Bassin principal du parc de Marquayrol à Labastide-du-vert |
Sotheby's New York |
Impressionist & Modern |
11/08/06 |
80 |
$923,774 |
Luciano Fabro |
Italia carta stradale |
Sotheby's London |
The Italian Sale |
10/16/06 |
83 |
$902,642 |
Fang Lijun |
Untitled (in 4 parts) |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
10/14/06 |
84 |
$881,509 |
Afro |
Golfo degli aranci |
Sotheby's London |
The Italian Sale |
10/16/06 |
85 |
$876,923 |
Constantine Parthenis |
Still life before the Acropolis |
Sotheby's London |
The Greek Sale |
11/15/06 |
86 |
$856,000 |
Tom Friedman |
Untitled |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
87 |
$856,000 |
Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait |
Duck shooting over decoys |
Christie's New York |
Important American Paintings |
11/30/06 |
88 |
$822,400 |
Julian Schnabel |
Bob's world |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
89 |
$807,198 |
Zeng Fanzhi |
Mask 1999 no. 3 |
Christie's Hong Kong |
Asian Contemporary |
11/26/06 |
90 |
$805,000 |
John Frederick Peto |
Old time letter rack |
John Moran Auctioneers & Appraisers |
California & American |
10/17/06 |
91 |
$800,000 |
Robert Mangold |
V series central diagonal I - green |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
92 |
$800,000 |
John Baldessari |
Font |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
93 |
$793,462 |
Emilio Vedova |
Trittico della libertà |
Sotheby's Milan |
Modern & Contemporary |
11/21/06 |
94 |
$790,769 |
Julio Roemro de Torres |
Nieves |
Sotheby's London |
19th Century European Paintings |
11/15/06 |
95 |
$780,413 |
Charles Blackman |
Alice's journey |
Sotheby's Melbourne |
Australian & International |
11/21/06 |
97 |
$752,405 |
Johan Barthold Jongkind |
Les Patineurs a Overschie |
Sotheby's Amsterdam |
19th Century European Paintings |
10/17/06 |
100 |
$744,000 |
Quentin Metsys (Massys) |
The Madonna of the Cherries |
Christie's New York |
Old Master Paintings |
10/17/06 |
101 |
$744,000 |
Dan Flavin |
Untitled |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/14/06 |
102 |
$735,219 |
Ding Yanyong |
Buddha |
Sotheby's Hong Kong |
Chinese Contemporary |
10/09/06 |
103 |
$735,219 |
Yun Gee |
Princess Achille Murat |
Christie's Hong Kong |
20th Century Chinese |
11/26/06 |
105 |
$712,453 |
Bill Viola |
Eternal return |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
10/14/06 |
106 |
$710,400 |
Keith Haring |
Untitled |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
107 |
$706,427 |
Wang Huaiqing |
Han zizai night revels series no. 4 |
Sotheby's Hong Kong |
Chinese Contemporary |
10/09/06 |
108 |
$704,615 |
Karl Fedorovich Gun |
Odalisque |
Christie's London |
Important Russian Pictures |
11/29/06 |
110 |
$691,321 |
Salvatore Scarpitta |
Untitled |
Sotheby's London |
The Italian Sale |
10/16/06 |
111 |
$688,000 |
Glenn Brown |
Bertrand Russell at the bbc |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/14/06 |
112 |
$688,000 |
Richard Pettibone |
Andy Warhol... |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
113 |
$687,857 |
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio |
Concerto da camera |
Christie's Milan |
Old Master Pictures |
11/29/06 |
115 |
$680,921 |
Tom Thomson |
Northern lights |
Heffel Fine Art Auction House |
Fine Canadian |
11/24/06 |
117 |
$665,600 |
Cindy Sherman |
Untitled (#209) |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
119 |
$643,200 |
Robert Mapplethorpe |
Andy Warhol |
Christie's New York |
Photographs |
10/17/06 |
121 |
$620,800 |
Gunther Gerzso |
Paisaje |
Sotheby's New York |
Latin American |
11/20/06 |
122 |
$620,800 |
Tomás Sánchez |
Oir las aguas |
Christie's New York |
Latin American |
11/21/06 |
123 |
$619,740 |
John Peter Russell |
Gros temps a Belle-Ile |
Sotheby's Melbourne |
Australian & International |
11/21/06 |
124 |
$609,600 |
Ansel Adams |
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico |
Sotheby's New York |
Photographs |
10/17/06 |
125 |
$585,660 |
Yan Pei Ming |
Mao |
Christie's London |
The Contemporary Sale |
10/15/06 |
126 |
$575,385 |
John Callcott Horsley |
Showing a preference |
Christie's London |
Victorian & Traditionalist Pictures |
11/22/06 |
127 |
$564,800 |
Ernest Lawson |
Old Grand Central |
Sotheby's New York |
American Paintings |
11/29/06 |
129 |
$543,396 |
Daniel Richter |
Süden |
Christie's London |
The Contemporary Sale |
10/15/06 |
131 |
$520,000 |
Martin Eder |
Bonjour Tristesse |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/14/06 |
132 |
$520,000 |
Barnaby Furnas |
Heartbreak Ridge |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/14/06 |
133 |
$520,000 |
Sol LeWitt |
Wall floor piece #1 |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
134 |
$520,000 |
Manolo Valdés |
Menina |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
135 |
$520,000 |
William Trost Richards |
Atlantic Coast |
Sotheby's New York |
American Paintings |
11/29/06 |
136 |
$520,000 |
Jane Peterson |
Gloucester Harbor - late afternoon |
Christie's New York |
Important American Paintings |
11/30/06 |
137 |
$501,132 |
Thomas Struth |
Notre-Dame, Paris |
Sotheby's London |
Contemporary |
10/14/06 |
139 |
$486,400 |
Arthur Beecher Carles |
Flower arrangement |
Christie's New York |
Important American Paintings |
11/30/06 |
140 |
$476,093 |
S. Sudjojono |
Pura Kembarn, Sanur |
Christie's Hong Kong |
Chinese Paintings |
11/26/06 |
142 |
$458,868 |
Albert Oehlen |
Peon |
Sotheby's London |
Contemporary |
10/14/06 |
143 |
$458,868 |
Giulio Paolini |
Le tre grazie |
Christie's London |
The Italian Sale 20th Century |
10/16/06 |
144 |
$452,800 |
Armando Morales |
Selva Tropical Decidua |
Christie's New York |
Latin American |
11/21/06 |
145 |
$452,800 |
Paul Cadmus |
Lloyd and Barbara Wescott |
Sotheby's New York |
American Paintings |
11/29/06 |
146 |
$446,154 |
Sergei Arsenievich Vinogradov |
On the estate |
Sotheby's London |
The Russian Sale |
11/28/06 |
147 |
$441,600 |
Matthias Weischer |
Untitled (Interior) |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
148 |
$441,600 |
Conrad Marca-Relli |
St. Cyprian's Day |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
151 |
$440,506 |
Antonio Saura |
Curato |
Christie's Madrid |
Spanish Sale |
10/04/06 |
152 |
$437,736 |
Antony Gormley |
Present time |
Sotheby's London |
Contemporary |
10/14/06 |
153 |
$433,418 |
Henriette Ronner-Knip |
Kittens at play |
Sotheby's Amsterdam |
19th Century European Paintings |
10/17/06 |
155 |
$416,604 |
Giuseppe Penone |
Albero di 5 M |
Sotheby's London |
The Italian Sale |
10/16/06 |
156 |
$408,000 |
Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat |
Samson's youth |
Christie's New York |
Orientalist , 19th Century European |
10/25/06 |
157 |
$408,000 |
Robert Bechtle |
'62 Chevy |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
158 |
$408,000 |
Ralph Goings |
Still life with hot sauce |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
159 |
$408,000 |
Karen Kilimnik |
Planning the attack of Malta |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
160 |
$403,077 |
Edward William Cooke |
Bella Venezia |
Christie's London |
Victorian & Traditionalist Pictures |
11/22/06 |
163 |
$385,600 |
Rebecca Salsbury James |
Bowl of vegetables |
Sotheby's New York |
American Paintings |
11/29/06 |
164 |
$383,797 |
Claude Michel Clodion |
Allegorie du Jour (+ La Nuit) |
Sotheby's Paris |
Important Objets d' et Vues d'Intérieurs |
10/18/06 |
165 |
$383,797 |
Jean-Pierre Raynaud |
Sens + sens |
Christie's Paris |
Jean Pierre Raynaud |
10/27/06 |
167 |
$375,321 |
Huang Binhong |
Landscape after Dong Yuan |
Sotheby's Hong Kong |
Fine Chinese Paintings |
10/07/06 |
168 |
$374,400 |
Arthur von Ferraris |
Driving a bargain |
Christie's New York |
Orientalist , 19th Century European |
10/25/06 |
169 |
$374,400 |
George Rickey |
Two open rectangles excentric |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
172 |
$363,774 |
Peter Fischli & David Weiss |
Drawer, small cupboard, divider |
Christie's London |
The Contemporary Sale |
10/15/06 |
174 |
$353,208 |
William Turnbull |
Aphrodite |
Christie's London |
20th Century British |
11/17/06 |
176 |
$352,000 |
Enrico Castellani |
Dittico nero - Argento |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/14/06 |
177 |
$352,000 |
Jack Pierson |
Lust |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
178 |
$352,000 |
Nicolas Enriquez |
El parien |
Christie's New York |
Latin American |
11/21/06 |
179 |
$352,000 |
Alfredo Castañeda |
La nave - el arca |
Christie's New York |
Latin American |
11/21/06 |
182 |
$332,075 |
José Gallegos y Arnosa |
The choir of St. Mark's, Venice |
Christie's London |
19th Century European |
11/16/06 |
183 |
$326,201 |
Giulio Turcato |
Grande reticolo |
Christie's Milan |
Post war & Contemporary |
11/28/06 |
184 |
$323,979 |
Oscar Rabine |
Violin at the Cemetary |
MacDougall's |
Russian Auction |
11/27/06 |
187 |
$310,943 |
Tancredi |
Untitled |
Sotheby's London |
The Italian Sale |
10/16/06 |
188 |
$310,943 |
Chuanxing Zheng |
Paper bride |
Christie's London |
Post-War & Contemporary |
10/17/06 |
189 |
$310,943 |
William Nicholson |
Ballroom in an air raid |
Christie's London |
20th Century British |
11/17/06 |
193 |
$300,377 |
Giuseppe Santomaso |
Lettera a Palladio no. 5 |
Christie's London |
The Italian Sale 20th Century |
10/16/06 |
194 |
$300,377 |
Fausto Melotti |
La feria |
Sotheby's London |
The Italian Sale |
10/16/06 |
198 |
$289,811 |
Renato Guttuso |
Interno con accessori di studio |
Sotheby's London |
The Italian Sale |
10/16/06 |
199 |
$284,800 |
Tim Eitel |
Schwarzer sand |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
211 |
$251,200 |
Jonathan Meese |
Alex De Large |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/14/06 |
212 |
$251,200 |
Agustin Cárdenas |
Le grand oiseaux |
Christie's New York |
Latin American |
11/21/06 |
213 |
$251,200 |
Frederick William MacMonnies |
Nathan Hale |
Christie's New York |
Important American Paintings |
11/30/06 |
215 |
$245,758 |
Liu Wei |
Who am I series |
Sotheby's Hong Kong |
Chinese Contemporary |
10/09/06 |
216 |
$245,758 |
George Chann |
Complexity |
Christie's Hong Kong |
20th Century Chinese |
11/26/06 |
219 |
$240,000 |
Fred Tomaselli |
Shack, compound, commune |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
220 |
$240,000 |
John Wesley |
Boat Race |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
224 |
$228,000 |
Ken Price |
Untitled (Slate cup) |
Sotheby's New York |
David Whitney Sale |
11/16/06 |
225 |
$228,000 |
George Condo |
Electric angel |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
226 |
$228,000 |
Henry Ossawa Tanner |
The Good Shepherd |
Christie's New York |
Important American Paintings |
11/30/06 |
228 |
$226,415 |
Rudolf Stingel |
Untitled |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
10/14/06 |
229 |
$226,415 |
Ross Lovegrove |
Liquid bench (prototype) |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
10/14/06 |
230 |
$226,415 |
Ghada Amer |
Untitled (The big blue expression painting BBEP) |
Christie's London |
The Contemporary Sale |
10/15/06 |
231 |
$220,779 |
Daniel O'Neill |
Girl with cat |
Whyte's |
Important Irish |
11/28/06 |
232 |
$219,231 |
Sergei Vasil'evich Chekhonin |
Fantasy |
Christie's London |
Important Russian Pictures |
11/29/06 |
233 |
$216,000 |
Romare Bearden |
The Savoy |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
10/11/06 |
236 |
$216,000 |
David Schnell |
Kollision in der Baumschule |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
237 |
$216,000 |
Wilhelm Sasnal |
UFO |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
238 |
$216,000 |
Georges Mathieu |
Jacques de Mailly au Siège d'Ascalon |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
11/17/06 |
240 |
$215,094 |
Michael Raedecker |
Perspective |
Christie's London |
The Contemporary Sale |
10/15/06 |
241 |
$215,094 |
Pier Paolo Calzolari |
1 e 2 giorno come gli orienti sono due |
Sotheby's London |
The Italian Sale |
10/16/06 |
246 |
$204,000 |
Roland Petersen |
April picnic |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
10/11/06 |
247 |
$204,000 |
Robert Frank |
New Orleans (Trolley) |
Sotheby's New York |
Photographs |
10/17/06 |
248 |
$204,000 |
Tom Sachs |
Hello Kitty |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
249 |
$204,000 |
Theodoros Stamos |
Reward #2 |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
256 |
$196,154 |
Issachar Ber Ryback |
Pogrom |
Christie's London |
Important Russian Pictures |
11/29/06 |
258 |
$192,000 |
Tatsuo Miyajima |
K.C.C. G/Y-8 |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
267 |
$181,132 |
Francesco Vezzoli |
Vincente Minnelli was an embroiderer (in 8 parts) |
Christie's London |
The Italian Sale 20th Century |
10/16/06 |
271 |
$180,000 |
Allan McCollum |
240 Plaster Surrogates |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
273 |
$180,000 |
Tal R |
Polar grammer |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
274 |
$180,000 |
Julie Mehretu |
Untitled (Module) (in two parts) |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
275 |
$180,000 |
Frank Gehry |
Fish lamp |
Sotheby's New York |
David Whitney Sale |
11/16/06 |
277 |
$169,811 |
Tony Cragg |
Finnish totem |
Sotheby's London |
The Whitechapel Auction |
10/13/06 |
278 |
$169,811 |
Jorge de Oteiza |
Caja vaca |
Sotheby's London |
Contemporary Day |
10/16/06 |
279 |
$169,666 |
Chen Baoyi |
Street scenery |
Christie's Hong Kong |
20th Century Chinese |
11/26/06 |
280 |
$169,666 |
Li Zijian |
The buffalo family |
Christie's Hong Kong |
20th Century Chinese |
11/26/06 |
281 |
$169,666 |
Luo Ping |
Plum blossom |
Christie's Hong Kong |
Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy |
11/27/06 |
283 |
$168,000 |
Hernan Bas |
Dionysus bestowing ... |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
284 |
$168,000 |
Jiri Georg Dokoupil |
Jesus in der dornenkrone |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
11/17/06 |
295 |
$158,491 |
Franz West |
Untitled |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
10/14/06 |
296 |
$158,491 |
Thomas Hirschhorn |
Abstrait relief - Nietzche |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
10/14/06 |
297 |
$158,491 |
Jason Rhoades |
Two-wheel wagon-wheel chandelier |
Christie's London |
Contemporary Sale |
10/15/06 |
298 |
$158,491 |
Nicola de Maria |
Giorni del secolo nuovo |
Sotheby's London |
The Italian Sale |
10/16/06 |
301 |
$156,000 |
John Kingerlee |
Grid composition |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
302 |
$156,000 |
Milton Resnick |
BB |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
305 |
$156,000 |
Philip Leslie Hale |
Girl with birds |
Sotheby's New York |
American Paintings |
11/29/06 |
307 |
$153,962 |
He Sen |
Du Du |
Christie's London |
Post-War & Contemporary |
10/17/06 |
310 |
$150,000 |
William A. Pratt |
Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe |
Sotheby's New York |
Photographs |
10/17/06 |
315 |
$147,170 |
Johannes Kahrs |
Untitled |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
10/14/06 |
316 |
$147,170 |
Ron Arad |
B.O.O.P coffee table |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
10/14/06 |
317 |
$147,170 |
Jake & Dinos Chapman |
The whimper |
Christie's London |
The Contemporary Sale |
10/15/06 |
319 |
$144,906 |
David Nash |
Charred column |
Christie's London |
20th Century British |
11/17/06 |
321 |
$144,000 |
Jim Lambie |
Green door (in 2 parts) |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary P I |
11/16/06 |
322 |
$144,000 |
George L.K. Morris |
Intrusion |
Christie's New York |
Important American Paintings |
11/30/06 |
325 |
$138,817 |
Fang Rending |
Treading in the snow |
Christie's Hong Kong |
Chinese Paintings |
11/27/06 |
328 |
$138,000 |
Qiu Shihua |
Wooded pasture |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
329 |
$137,371 |
Daniel Spoerri |
Der Teufel auf Erden |
Artcurial Briest Le Fur Poulain F. Tajan |
Contemporain |
10/28/06 |
331 |
$135,849 |
Tilo Baumgärtel |
Untitled |
Sotheby's London |
Contemporary |
10/14/06 |
337 |
$132,000 |
John McCracken |
Untitled |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
338 |
$132,000 |
Keith Tyson |
Showing tonight ... |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
339 |
$132,000 |
Teresita Fernández |
Burnout |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
340 |
$132,000 |
George Ohr |
A superb two-handled vase |
Sotheby's New York |
11/16/06 |
|
341 |
$132,000 |
Jess |
Embarkation for Kythera |
Christie's New York |
Post War & Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
343 |
$131,321 |
Wim Delvoye |
St. Stephanus III |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
10/14/06 |
350 |
$126,000 |
Larry Bell |
Glass cube |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
351 |
$124,528 |
Pietro Consagra |
Omaggio a boccioni |
Christie's London |
The Italian Sale 20th Century |
10/16/06 |
353 |
$123,077 |
Atanasio Soldati |
Composizione |
Sotheby's Milan |
Modern & Contemporary |
11/21/06 |
358 |
$120,000 |
Martin Kobe |
Untitled |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
361 |
$117,736 |
Gregor Schneider |
Nacht, Totes Haus ur |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
10/14/06 |
363 |
$117,600 |
Banks Violette |
Untitled - Scoreboard |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
366 |
$115,681 |
Qiu Zhijie |
Tatoo I & II (in 2 parts) |
Christie's Hong Kong |
Asian Contemporary |
11/26/06 |
370 |
$114,000 |
Danny Lyon |
Conversations with the dead |
Christie's New York |
Photographs |
10/18/06 |
371 |
$114,000 |
John de Andrea |
Sitting woman |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
11/15/06 |
373 |
$114,000 |
Mark Handforth |
Starman |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
11/16/06 |
383 |
$106,667 |
Banksy |
Mona Lisa |
Sotheby's Olympia |
Contemporary |
10/18/06 |
384 |
$106,329 |
Juan Uslé |
Balanza mora |
Christie's Madrid |
Spanish Sale |
10/04/06 |
389 |
$105,600 |
Wangechi Mutu |
The royal slipper dipper |
Phillips, de Pury |
Contemporary |
11/17/06 |
390 |
$104,675 |
Carla Accardi |
Segni bianconero |
Christie's Milan |
Post war & Contemporary |
11/28/06 |
395 |
$102,000 |
Patrick Hughes |
Never ending |
Sotheby's New York |
Contemporary |
10/11/06 |
399 |
$101,887 |
Anton Henning |
Spiel im Gegenlicht No. 2 |
Christie's London |
The Contemporary Sale |
10/15/06 |
401 |
$100,257 |
Tetsuya Ishida |
Untitled |
Christie's Hong Kong |
Asian Contemporary |
11/26/06 |
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