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Top-10 auction sales in the UK in the first half of 2010

Shared the podium works Alberto Giacometti, Pablo Picasso and William Turner

In the first half of 2010 auction sales leaders Sotheby's and Christie's achieved success thanks to the work extremely rare and high quality. In general, the results of this year is much better than in the same period in 2009.

beginning of the revival of the market put sensational sale at Sotheby's sculpture of Alberto Giacometti's" Running man I »in February for 58 million pounds (92,5 million dollars) for Estima only 12-18 million pounds . (Here and below prices are exclusive of Buyer's Premium, so they may differ from the prices specified in other media site. - AI .) After this record came one after another. Revenue offices in London Sotheby's and Christie's have increased by 116%and 46%respectively. Ten of the most expensive works of Britain in the first half of 2010 is as follows:

Top 10 London auction sales in the I half of 2010

Author

result, U.S.

Title

Auction

a

Alberto Giacometti

92521600

man cometh I

February 3, 2010 (Sotheby's, London)

2

Pablo Picasso

45814900

Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto

June 23, 2010 (Christie's, London)

3

William Turner

40211100

Modern Rome - Campo Vachchino

July 7, 2010 (Sotheby's, London)

4

Gustav Klimt

38284800

Church in Cassone. Landscape with cypresses

February 3, 2010 (Sotheby's, London)

5

Edouard Manet

29674000

Self-portrait with a palette

June 22, 2010 (Sotheby's, London)

6

Gustav Klimt

24754825

Portrait Rhee Munch III

June 23, 2010 (Christie's, London)

7

Andre Derain

21513650

Trees in Kolliure

June 22, 2010 (Sotheby's, London)

8

Paul Cezanne

16749600

jug and fruit on the table

3 February 2010 (Sotheby's London)

9

Pablo Picasso

15,961,320

Kiss

June 23, 2010 (Christie's, London)

10

Henri Matisse

15578850

Odalisque play checkers

June 22, 2010 (Sotheby's, London)

Gustav Klimt Church at Cassone. Landscape with cypresses. 1913 Gustav Klimt
Church in Cassone. Landscape with cypresses. 1913
canvas. 110 x 110
Source: sothebys.com

At the same iconic auction Sotheby's «The Art of Impressionism and Modernism» , where the work of Giacometti's set the record for 24 million pounds (38,3 million dollars) went with auctioned painting by Gustav Klimt "The Church in Cassone. Landscape with cypresses. The work, double your bottom estimeyt 12 million pounds, became the most expensive scenery Klimt (4 th).

Paul Cezanne jug and fruit on the table. 1893-1894 Paul Cezanne
jug and fruit on the table. 1893-1894
oil, paper, board. 41,5 x 72,3
Source: sothebys.com

At the same still life by Paul Cezanne "jug and fruit on table "found a buyer for its 10.5 million pounds (estimate of 10-15 million pounds). A previous attempt to sell the painting in 2001 with estimeytom 14-20 million dollars was not a success (8 th).

Edouard Manet self-portrait with a palette. Ok. 1878 Edouard Manet
Self-portrait with a palette. Ok. 1878
Source: sothebys.com

at June auction impressionists and modernists Sotheby's continued to set records. "Self-portrait with a palette of" Edouard Manet , estimated at 20-30 million pounds, went under the hammer within estimeyta (20 million pounds /29,6 million dollars). And although the auction house expected at the best of circumstances, to receive the rare museum now all 30 million, but the result achieved was enough to beat the previous record price for works of Manet (5 th).

Andre Derain Trees in Kolliure. 1905 Andre Derain
Trees in Kolliure. 1905
Source: sothebys.com

At the same auction fovistskaya painting Andre Derain "Trees in Kolliure" from The previous record price for the product Derain 7 million (7 th).

Henri Matisse Odalisque playing checkers. 1928 Henri Matisse
Odalisque play checkers. 1928
Source: sothebys.com

work of Henri Matisse's "Odalisque play checkers" barely reached its bottom estimeyta 10 million pounds (15,5 million dollars). Nevertheless, she gets into our top ten (10 th).

To be on par with its rival, Christie's had to offer something really worthwhile. And he succeeded. Three works sold at evening auction impressionists and modernists, June 23 , takes 2 nd, 6 th and 9 th place in the ranking.

PABLO PICASSO portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto. 1903 Pablo Picasso
Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto. 1903
Source: christies.com

First of all, it « Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto, "Pablo Picasso . Organizers hoped to get him up to 40 million pounds, but even earned 31 million and allowed the work to win the second place of the current rating.

Gustav Klimt Portrait Rhee Munch III. 1917-1918 Gustav Klimt
Portrait Rhee Munch III. 1917-1918
Oil, coal, oil. 180,7 x 89,9
Source: christies.com

Over 16.7 million pounds gone under the hammer "Portrait Rhee Munch III» (эстимейт 14-18 million). Portrait auctioned owners after the 2009 returned him to restitution (6 th).

PABLO PICASSO Potseluy. 1969 Pablo Picasso
Kiss. 1969
Source: christies.com

the ninth line of the rating was painting "The Kiss" by Pablo Picasso, estimated at 8 - 12 million pounds and has found a buyer for the 10.8 million pounds.

JOSEPH MELLORD William Turner
Modern Rome - Campo Vachchino. 1839
Source: sothebys.com

third place in the rating sheet is « Modern Rome - Campo Vachchino "Joseph Mellorda William Turner . Once again, distinguished record of Sotheby's, this time in the auction "Old Masters and British Painting" July 7, 2010. When Estima 12-18 million pounds of leaf reached a record for the work Turner 26,5 million.

Source: artprice.com , artinvestment.ru


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