NEW YORK, Nov. 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- Tad Smith, Sotheby's
President & CEO, commented: "Beginning with the Bowie sales
in London, continuing with the
Impressionist and Modern evening and day sales in New York, adding the Geneva jewelry sale performance, and ending
with the Contemporary evening and day sales in New York, Sotheby's has demonstrated that its
consigning clients should be confident about the state of the
markets, and its shareholders should be enthusiastic about
Sotheby's future."
Mike Goss, Sotheby's CFO,
added: "We're feeling very good about our fourth quarter
results, but even more importantly, we're looking forward to 2017
with a pronounced sense of optimism."
LONDON
David Bowie's
Personal Art Collection Brings $41.1
Million, with Every Lot Sold
Over 55,500 Visitors Attend Worldwide Pre-Sale
Exhibitions
The Three Sale Sessions Last Over 12 Hours,
Attended by Over 1,750 Bidders
**
NEW
YORK
Contemporary Art Sales Series Achieves
$356.8 Million
The Triumph of Painting: The Steven &
Ann Ames Collection Totals
$131.3 Million
Evening Sale Led by Two Gerhard Richter Abstract
Paintings,
Sold for $34 Million and $22.7 Million Respectively
Evening Sale Participation from 38 Countries,
with Asian Participation Up 11% Year-on-Year
**
Impressionist & Modern Art Sales Series
Brings $196.5 Million
Evening Sale Led by Edvard Munch's 'Girls on the Bridge', Sold for
$54.5 Million
– $20+ Million More than Its 2008 Auction Price –
A New Auction Record for László Moholy-Nagy,
Whose 'EM 1 Telephonbild' was acquired by The Museum of Modern Art
in New York
Day Sale Led by Diego Giacometti's Rare Octagonal
Table, Sold for an Auction Record $3.8
Million
**
GENEVA
Magnificent Jewels & Noble Jewels Realize
$136.4 Million
Highest Total for any Jewelery Sale across All Auction Houses this
Autumn
Two Magnificent Pink Diamonds Each Soar Over
$15 Million
The 8.01-Carat "Sky Blue Diamond" Achieves
$17.1 Million
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house when it expanded from London
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conduct sales in Hong Kong (1973),
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fine art auction house in China
(2012). Today, Sotheby's presents auctions in 10 different
salesrooms, including New York,
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visitors to view all auctions live online and place bids from
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Sotheby's Financial Services, the world's only full-service art
financing company, as well as private sale opportunities in more
than 70 categories, including S|2, the gallery arm of Sotheby's
Contemporary Art department, and two retail businesses, Sotheby's
Diamonds and Sotheby's Wine. Sotheby's has a global network of 80
offices in 40 countries and is the oldest company listed on the New
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*Estimates do not include buyer's premium. Prices achieved
include the hammer price plus buyer's premium and are net of any
fees paid to the purchaser where the purchaser provided an
irrevocable bid.
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