The past year was very successful for Sotheby's. On account of a world record auction house works of art at a public auction ("The Scream" by Edvard Munch), the world record charts ("Head of the Apostle" by Raphael), etc.

in 2012 became one of the most successful in the history of the auction house Sotheby's. In all major categories were established important records. A detailed report on the results, Sotheby's has decided to preface a brief report on the main achievements.

Impressionist and Modern

• Work "The Scream" by Edvard Munch set an absolute record prices at art auction - 119.9 million dollars in the May auction in New York;

• «Painting (Blue Star)" Joan Miró was the most expensive product in the category "Impressionist and Modern", sold in Europe in 2012 (23.6 million pounds, London, June 2012). The result was a record for the artist;

• May auction in New York has brought 330.6 million - this is the best overall result of trading in the category "Impressionist and Modern" in the history of the auction house.

contemporary and postwar art

• 375,2 million brought the evening auction of postwar and contemporary art in November 2012 - is the best overall result of a single auction in the history of Sotheby's;

• «Abstract Painting (809-4)" by Gerhard Richter sold for a record 21.3 million for the artist pounds (34.2 million dollars) at auction in London in October 2012;

• In November 2012, in New York, the work of "Number 4" (1951) by Jackson Pollock sold for record 40.4 million;

• At the May auction in New York film "Sleeping Girl" by Roy Lichtenstein has set a new record for the artist's works - 44.9 million;

• Mark Rothko painting «№ 1 (Royal Red and Blue)" was sold for 75.1 million dollars at a New York auction in November;

• The work of Francis Bacon "Writing man, reflected in a mirror," was sold for 44.9 million dollars on the New York auction in May.

Old Masters

• Set a new overall record prices graphic work at public auction: Raphael drawing "Head of a young apostle" from the collection of the Duke of Devonshire was sold for 29.7 million pounds (47.9 million dollars) . This is the best auction result (in all categories) for the entire 2012 in Europe;

• Venetian Canaletto landscape "of the Church of Redentore and San Giacomo," from the collection of tycoon Charles Forte wife was sold for $ 5.7 million in January 2012 in New York;

• «Prayer before the meal" brush Jan Havikzoona Stan brought 5.6 million pounds at the auction of Old Masters in London in December ;

• painting by Willem van de Velde the Younger "Letting the ship" Royal Prince "», reflecting an episode of the four-day battle of the Dutch and English fleets in 1666, was sold for 5.3 million pounds in the July auction in London;

• «Lucretia" by Lucas Cranach the Elder brought $ 5.1 million in January's auction in New York;

• set a record for a work on paper by Canaletto - 1.9 million pounds (3.1 million dollars) paid for his watercolor" Campo San Giacomo di Rialto "in July 2012 in London.

Other achievements Sotheby's in 2012

• Collection Gunter Sachs, proposed a two-day auction in London, brought 41.4 million pounds - double the lower estimate of the total;

• Collection of Zaira and Marcel Mis earned 19 million euros (24.6 million dollars) at auction in Paris. It is the most successful sale of separate private collections in the French auction for 2012;

• Score of art at a public auction in Paris in 2012: the painting "Head of a Woman (Dora Maar)" ( 1939-1940) Pablo Picasso was sold for 6.33 million euros (7.89 million dollars);

• Total revenues from Sotheby's auction held in Africa and Oceania, was 39 , 5 million.

Top 10 auction results Sotheby ' s in 2012

№	Title	Category	Date Auction	Results
1	Edvard Munch's Scream. 1895	Impressionist and Modern	02.05.2012	$ 119,922,500 £ 73,920,229
2	Mark Rothko № 1 (Royal red and blue). 1954	Contemporary Art	13.11.2012	$ 75,122,500 £ 47,327,175
3	RAPHAEL head young apostle. 1519-1520	Old Masters	05.12.2012	$ 47,869,045 £ 29,721,250
4	Roy Lichtenstein Sleeping girl. 1964	Contemporary Art	09.05.2012	$ 44,882,500 £ 27,809,197
5	Francis Bacon Writing man in the mirror. 1976	Contemporary Art	09.05.2012	$ 44,882,500 £ 27,809,197
6	Pablo Picasso Still Life with Tulips. 1932	Impressionist and Modern	08.11.2012	$ 41,522,500 £ 25,972,324
7	Jackson Pollock's Number 4. 1951	Contemporary Art	13.11.2012	$ 40,402,500 £ 25,453,575
8	Joan Miro Painting (Blue Star). 1927	Impressionist and Modern	19.06.2012	$ 37,042,500 £ 23,561,250
9	Andy Warhol Double Elvis. 1963	Contemporary Art	09.05.2012	$ 36,946,396 £ 22,951,533
10	Gerhard Richter, Abstract Painting (809-4). 1994	Contemporary Art	12.10.2012	$ 34,190,757 £ 21,321,250

What will the Sotheby's in 2013

• At the end of January in New York will host a series of auctions of old masters. First in a two-day auction on 29 and 30 January will be a private collection sold Giancarlo Baroni. A January 31, held an auction of paintings and sculptures of the old masters, which will be the work of Francisco Goya's "Portrait of Mariano Goya" from the collection of Greek tycoon George Embirikosa (estimate 6-8 million dollars), and the work of Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, "Susanna and the Elders" for 9.6 million;

• In February, Sotheby's London will auction of Impressionist and Modern. At the evening auction on February 5 will be offered a series of drawings by Egon Schiele collection of Vienna's Leopold Museum with a total estimate of 12.9 million pounds;

• March 22 and 23 in Paris, Sotheby's will offer a private collection of pre-Columbian art America - a collection of the Barbier-Mueller. Will be put up around 300 unique works originating in Mexico, Central and South America.

Prepared Maria Onuchina, AI

Source : Press Release Sotheby's