PHILLIPS INAUGURAL AUCTION AT 30 BERKELEY SQUARE TOTALS £14.8 / $23.6 / €18.5 MILLION
AUCTION RECORDS FOR TAUBA AUERBACH, KAWS AND DANH VŌ
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LONDON – 15 OCTOBER 2014 – Phillips London October Contemporary Evening Auction totalled £14,862,500 / $23,631,375 / €18,578,125 selling 80% by lot and 77% by value.
“At the starting line of an extensive fall season we are very pleased to have launched our European Headquarters with an Evening Auction which took place in a packed sale room and which saw many strong prices. Since the opening of our space at 30 Berkeley Square last week we have seen early signs of great promise ahead having welcomed an average of 1,000 visitors a day to our exhibitions and with almost a third of this evening’s bidders being fresh to Phillips.” Michael McGinnis, President, Phillips.
“With records for Tauba Auerbach, Danh Vō, and KAWS we have once again started the week of Frieze auctions with real energy. The animated bidding in the room that saw strong prices for Banksy, Anselm Kiefer and Alex Israel was a continuation of the momentum we have felt all week with the opening of our European Headquarters.” Peter Sumner, President, London.
Top Ten Lots:
6 Christopher Wool Untitled, 1990 £2,098,500 / $3,336,615 / €2,623,125
4 Tauba Auerbach Untitled (Fold), 2010 £1,142,500 / $1,816,575 / €1,428,125
7 Jeff Koons Jim Beam - Observation Car, 1986 £962,500 / $1,530,375 / €1,203,125
21 Anselm Kiefer Für Paul Celan, 2004 £818,500 / $1,301,415 / €1,023,125
13 Martin Kippenberger Untitled (from the series Krieg Böse / War Wicked), 1991 £782,500 / $1,244,175 / €978,125
16 Banksy Submerged Phone Booth, 2006 £722,500 / $1,148,775 / €903,125
17 Keith Haring Untitled, 1988 £602,500 / $957,975 / €753,125
27 Damien Hirst 5-Fluorotryptamine, 2007 £578,500 / $919,815 / €723,125
20 Barry Flanagan Left Handed Drummer, 1997 £506,500 / $805,335 / €633,125
15 Anish Kapoor Untitled, 2000 £506,500 / $805,335 / €633,125
Auction Records:
4 Tauba Auerbach Untitled (Fold), 2010 £1,142,500 / $1,816,575 / €1,428,125
2 Danh Vo We The People (Detail), 2011 £206,500 / $328,335 / €258,125
47 KAWS Accomplice, 2010 £266,500 / $423,735 / €333,125
PHILLIPS:
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