Results auction Christie's «Old Masters and Art of XIX century"
At the end of the auction held on 27 January in New York, total sales amounted to 39,5 million dollars
January 27 in New York held an auction Christie's «Old Masters and Art of the XIX century". The result was successful bidding: total sales amounted to 39,5 million dollars.
top lot was a painting by Louis-Leopold Boualem (1761-1845) "Entrance to the Turkish cafe. The painting was sold for 4.56 million dollars and set a world record in the work of the author. Now it can be seen in the collections of the Getty Museum (J. Paul Getty Museum).
LOUIS-LEOPOLD Boualem
Log in Turkish cafe. 1812
Oil on canvas. 73,3 x 91,1
Christie's. 27/01/2010. Lot number 37
Estimate: 3.5 million
Result: 4 562 500 dollars
Gaetano Gandolfi Diana and Callisto Oil on canvas. 148,1 x 170,2
Christie's 27.01.2010. Lot number 29
Estimate: 0,8-1,2 million
Result: 4 114 500 dollars
second top lot, also set the world record price was the painting brush Gaetano Gandolfi (1734-1802) "Diana and Callisto", completed in late 1780's commissioned by the Russian Prince Nicholas Yusupov , a true collector of art. As a result, a fierce bidding battle blade went under the hammer for 4.11 million dollars, more than four times the estimate, and got a private collector.
Source: press release Christie's
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