Top Lot Christie's did not find a buyer
Public interest has caused quite a different job ...
According to Reuters, Still Life with Sunflowers by Paul Gauguin, exhibited at Christie's auction on Feb. 9 with an estimate of 10.7 million pounds, remained unsold. Instead the first line in the list of most expensive painting by Pierre Bonnard took the "Terrace at Vernon, which has acquired over 7.2 million pounds (estimate 3-4 million).
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overall result evening sale of Impressionist and Modern works - 61.9 million pounds (99.6 million dollars) at the top estimeyte 81 million pounds. , held the day before the auction Sotheby's offered 69 million , however, 25 million have fallen to a single lot - painting by Pablo Picasso's "Reading».
Another top lot, "Still Life with Guitar" cubist Georges Braque, left nearly 4 million pounds in the evaluation of 3,5 - 5,5 million. A bright fovistskoe canvas "Boats at Collioure Andre Derain bought for 5.9 million (estimate 4-6 million).
the same day, Christie's held an auction of works of the Surrealists, who gathered 23 4 million pounds (within the pre-assessment). The highest amount - 4.7 million - paid for a painting of René Magritte "Magnet».
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