Art Market Watch
CHRISTIE’S IMP & MOD DOES $117 MILLION
May 2, 2012The blessedly brief evening sale of Impressionist and modern art at
Christie’s New York on May 1, 2012, kicking off the spring auction season, totaled $117,086,000, with 28 of the 31 lots selling, or 90 percent. Yes, that’s right, a mere 31 lots, compared to the 76 due at
Sotheby’s the next night. Did the sale even last an hour?
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