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Phillips New Now Auction Achieves £5.3 Million and Sets Eleven World Auction Records

London, 9 December 2021

Sale Total: £5,307,498/ $6,999,528 / €6,184,297

Lots Sold: 147 | Lots Offered: 178

Sold by Lot: 83% | Sold by Value: 91%

Simon Tovey, Specialist, Head of New Now, “What a fantastic way to end the season! Following our July New Now sale which achieved the highest total ever for a London New Now auction, we were absolutely delighted with the results achieved today. We saw great depth of bidding from clients in the room, on the phone and online where 66% of lots were sold to clients bidding on Phillips.com and via our app. With clients bidding from over 50 countries worldwide, the eleven world record auction records and overall result achieved today demonstrates the incredible energy and strength in the market. It was an honour to offer and sell 100% of the works donated by Africa First in order to benefit the Africa First Artist Residency Program and we are thrilled to see £61,200 raised for that cause. This year and this season, despite the challenges we have all faced, has been a huge success and we look forward to continuing this momentum into 2022.”

Top Ten Lots

Lot	Description	Estimate	Price Achieved
16	Eddie Martinez, Untitled, 2007	£200,000 – 300,000	£466,200 $614,825/€543,216
10	Mr., Hong Kong—At a Kiosk, 2019	£150,000 – 250,000	£403,200 $531,740/€469,809
18	Günther Förg, Untitled, 2001	£300,000 – 500,000	£378,000 $498,506/€440,446
17	Jonas Wood, Yellow Crate, 2006	£150,000 – 200,000	£327,600 $432,039/€381,720
15	Michael Armitage, Untitled, 2006	£50,000 – 70,000	£226,800 $299,104/€264,267
73	Barry Flanagan R.A., Hare with Ball, 1994	£120,000 – 180,000	£201,600 $265,870/€234,904
62	Richard Hambleton, Untitled, 2012	£70,000 - 90,000	£144,900 $191,094/€168,837
4	Aboudia, Untitled, 2013	£20,000 – 30,000	£138,600 $182,786/€161,497
5	Jadé Fadojutimi, Typhoon, 2015	£15,000 – 20,000	£126,000 $166,169/€146,815
30	Damien Hirst, Beautiful, It's a Beautiful World Made More Beautiful with You in it Painting, 2018	£120,000 – 180,000	£113,400 $149,552/€132,134

New Auction Records

Lot	Description	Estimate	Price Achieved
9	Cristina BanBan, Lovers in the Bath, 2018	£10,000 - 15,000	£60,480 $79,761/€70,471
	*previous record price: £20,000 set in 2021
21	Wes Lang, Living by Being, 2011	£25,000 - 35,000	£94,500 $124,627/€110,111
	*previous record price: £27,500 set in 2017
23	Nirit Takele, Untitled, 2015	£6,000 - 8,000	£9,450 $12,463/€11,011
	*previous record price: £8,190 set in 2021
25	Kelechi Charles Nwaneri, Battle Within, 2019	£6,000 - 8,000	£9,450 $12,463/€11,011
	*previous record price: $7,800 set in 2021
38	Oluwole Omofemi, Metamorphosis II, 2020	£6,000 - 8,000	£100,800 $132,935/€117,452
	*previous record price: $118,750 set in 2021
39	Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar, Nothing But Energy, 2021	£15,000 - 20,000	£45,360 $59,821/€52,853
	*previous record price: £19,375 set in 2019
61	Thierry Noir, Achtung Baby, 2021	£7,000 - 10,000	£30,240 $39,881/€35,236
	*previous record price: £22,500 set in 2021
81	Christina Forrer, In the Forest, 2014	£20,000 - 30,000	£39,060 $51,512/€45,513
	*previous record price: $42,840 set in 2020
102	Santiago Parra, Untitled, 2021	£10,000 - 15,000	£27,720 $36,557/€32,299
	*previous record price: €15,000 set in 2019
150	Luca Dellaverson, Untitled, 2014	£1,000 - 2,000	£1,764 $2,326/€2,055
	*previous record price: $2,176 set in 2020
172	Allison Katz, Belo Horizonte, 2015	£4,000 - 6,000	£32,760 $43,204/€38,172
	*previous record price: $8,820 set in 2021

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*Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Prices Achieved include the buyer's premium and are reported net of applicable fees.

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09 December 2021

Phillips New Now Auction Achieves £5.3 Million and Sets Eleven World Auction Records