Highest Ever Result for a New Now Sale in London
London, 7 December 2017
Sale Total: £2,496,313 / $3,320,096 / €2,820,834
Lots Sold: 159 | Lots Offered: 211 Sold by Lot: 75% | Sold by Value: 84%
Simon Tovey, Head of the New Now Sale in London, said: “A great finish to 2017 - the highest sale total for a New Now auction in London. The sale was led by George Condo’s Robot Girl, consistent with the artist’s ever growing demand, with further standout results including Shara Hughes who attracted widespread interest from nine phone bidders, as well as interest in the room and online. These results reiterate the continuing desire for works by both the established and the emerging. We saw worldwide participation from across 48 countries, and a 71% increase in online buying year-on-year, as well as new auction records achieved for nine artists including Sung Hee Cho, Ida Ekblad and Krištof Kintera. This hammers home that our New Now category has fast become a staple of the 20th century and contemporary art auction season.”
TOP TEN LOTS
|
Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
|
13 |
George
Condo, Robot Girl, 2012 |
£40,000
- 60,000 |
£118,750 $157,938
/€134,188 |
|
11 |
Jonathan
Wateridge, Repainting, 2011 |
£70,000
- 90,000 |
£81,250 $108,063
/€91,813 |
|
12 |
Andy
Warhol, Antoine Grunn, 1981 |
£80,000
- 120,000 |
£77,500 $103,075
/€87,575 |
|
23 |
Takashi
Murakami, Pinyan, 1997 |
£50,000
- 70,000 |
£75,000 $99,750
/€84,750 |
|
37 |
Sung
Hee Cho, Blue Blossom, 2015 |
£30,000
- 50,000 |
£68,750 $91,438
/€77,688 |
|
8 |
André
Butzer, Ohne Titel, 2007 |
£20,000
- 30,000 |
£62,500 $83,125
/€70,625 |
|
97 |
Simon
Faibisovich, Metamorphosis, 1983 -
1984 |
£60,000
- 80,000 |
£60,000 $79,800
/€67,800 |
|
1 |
Shara
Hughes, Untitled, 2005 |
£8,000
- 12,000 |
£56,250 $74,813
/€63,563 |
|
180 |
Rodney
Graham, City Self / Country Self, 2000 |
£25,000
- 35,000 |
£56,250 $74,813
/€63,563 |
|
7 |
Peter
Halley, Collocation, 2003 |
£40,000
- 60,000 |
£52,500 $69,825
/€59,325 |
NEW AUCTION RECORDS
|
Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
|
37 |
Sung
Hee Cho, Blue Blossom, 2015 |
£30,000
- 50,000 |
£68,750 $91,438
/€77,688 |
|
|
*previous record
price $5,000 set in 2013 |
||
|
46 |
Ida
Ekblad, Stalk Gills and Caps of Goodbye,
2007 |
£10,000
- 15,000 |
£47,500 $63,175
/€53,675 |
|
|
*previous record
price £21,250 set in 2015 |
||
|
151 |
Krištof
Kintera, Talkman, 1999 |
£7,000 -
9,000 |
£32,500 $43,225
/€36,725 |
|
|
*previous record
price €35,000 set in 2017 |
||
|
197 |
Holton Rower, Sugar Crash, 2012 |
£2,000 - 3,000 |
£23,750 $31,588
/€26,838 |
|
|
*previous record
price £22,500 set in 2017 |
||
|
104 |
Mikhailo
Deyak, Water, 2017 |
£7,000
- 9,000 |
£13,750 $18,288
/€15,538 |
|
|
*previous record
price £11,250 set in 2016 |
||
|
114 |
Ben
Wolf Noam, Sky, Canopy, Skin, Star
(Yaron), 2013 |
£2,000
- 3,000 |
£10,625 $14,131
/€12,006 |
|
|
*previous record
price €9,478 set in 2015 |
||
|
106 |
Igor Tcholaria, Red Desire, 2015 |
£5,000 - 7,000 |
£8,750 $11,638
/€9,888 |
|
|
*previous record
price CHF8,750 set in 2017 |
||
|
170 |
Raffi
Kalenderian, Tran (in the Park),
2006 |
£4,000
- 6,000 |
£7,500 $9,975
/€8,475 |
|
|
*previous record
price £5,000 set in 2012 |
||
|
118 |
Dario
Agrimi, Untitled |
£3,000
- 5,000 |
£3,750 $4,988
/€4,238 |
|
|
*previous record
price €500 set in 2011 |
||
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