PHILLIPS EDITIONS AUCTIONS TOTAL £2.8 / $4.2 / €3.6 MILLION
FIRST PHILLIPS AUCTION OF 2015 SELLS 98% BY VALUE AND 91% BY LOT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LONDON – 23 JANUARY 2015 – Phillips London January Evening and Day Editions Auction totalled £2,817,900 / $4,255,100 / €3,663,300 selling 98% by value and 91% by lot.
Visitor figures to the new headquarters on Berkeley Square were significantly larger than those experienced in Howick Place. Phillips saw more than a 650% increase on visitors to the exhibition with over 2,000 people viewing the Evening and Day sales over the course of a week compared to figures in June 2014.
The impact of the move to Berkeley Square was also felt in new clients with approximately 35% new bidders in the Evening and Day Editions Auctions.
“We are absolutely thrilled with the results for our inaugural Editions sale at our new European Headquarters on Berkeley Square. The strong attendance during the pre-sale exhibition carried through to the saleroom yesterday. The expansion of the London team has made a positive impact to our results and we are delighted that our approach to exhibiting and selling prints and multiples has been so well received by the market.” Robert Kennan, Head of Modern and Contemporary Editions, London.
Top Ten Lots:
44 Jean-Michel Basquiat Back of the Neck £242,500 / $366,175 / €315,250
28 Donald Judd Untitled £182,500 / $275,575 / €237,250 (world record price for this set of prints)
42 Keith Haring Totem £134,500 / $203,095 / €174,850 (world record price for this multiple)
19 Sigmar Polke Apparat, mit dem eine Kartoffel eine andere... £74,500 / $112,495 / €96,850
48 Andy Warhol Lenin £68,500 / $103,435 / €89,050
1 Joan Miró Barcelona Miró 1972-73 £64,900 / $97,999 / €84,370
61 Thomas Ruff 09h 30m /-50°, from Sterne (Stars) £62,500 / $94,375 / €81,250
20 Gerhard Richter Venedig (Insel) (Venice [Island]) £62,500 / $94,375 / €81,250 (world record price for this edition)
60 Thomas Ruff 04h 24m /-55°, from Sterne (Stars) £60,000 / $90,600 / €78,000
65 Jeff Koons Dom Pérignon Balloon Venus (Magenta) £52,500 / $79,275 / €68,250 (world record price for this multiple)
Auction Records:
4 Pablo Picasso Jacqueline en mariée, de face I £23,750 / $35,863 / €30,875 (a record for this state)
10 Marcel Duchamp Bouche-évier (Sink Stopper), also known as Medallic Sculpture £11,250 / $16,988 / €14,625 (a record for this edition in bronze)
18 Martin Kippenberger Anlehnungsbedürfnis (I Am Lonely) £18,750 / $28,313 / €24,375
25 Günther Förg Untitled £35,000 / $52,850 / €45,500
27 Fred Sandback Mappe mit 10 Umkehrlithographien (Portfolio of 10 Lithographs) £12,500 / $18,875 / €16,250
30 Alberto Burri Grande Bianco e Nero £22,500 / $33,975 / €29,250
32 Richard Hamilton Eight Self-Portraits £23,750 / $35,863 / €30,875
34 Francis Bacon Trois études pour un autoportrait (after, Three Studies for a Self-Portrait 1983) £20,000 / $30,200 / €26,000
35 Francis Bacon Triptych (after, Triptych 1983) £40,000 / $60,400 / €52,000
36 Francis Bacon Triptyque Août 1972 (after, Triptych August 1972) £35,000 / $52,850 / €45,500
43 KAWS Ups and Downs £25,000 / $37,750 / €32,500
49 Andy Warhol Hot Dog Bean, from Campbell’s Soup II £22,500 / $33,975 / €29,250
51 Andy Warhol Muhammad Ali £21,250 / $32,088 / €27,625
52 Banksy Kate Moss - Green/Turqoise Hair £40,000 / $60,400 / €52,000
53 Elizabeth Peyton Jackie and John; Prince Harry and Prince William; John; Kiss (Tony); and Prince William £18,750 / $28,313 / €24,375
54 Alex Katz Small Cuts £10,625 / $16,044 / €13,813
55 Carsten Höller Birds £15,000 / $22,650 / €19,500
62 Robert Longo Tiger £31,250 / $47,188 / €40,625
63 Robert Longo Untitled (Iceman X) £27,500 / $41,525 / €35,750
64 Tony Cragg Point of View £50,000 / $75,500 / €65,000
66 Damien Hirst Mickey £32,500 / $49,075 / €42,250
81 Josef Albers Formulation Articulation I and II £15,000 / $22,650 / €19,500
180 Roy Lichtenstein Modern Head #5, from Modern Head series £20,000 / $30,200 / €26,000
PHILLIPS:
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