Bringing the Hammer Down


 

Christie’s

“Benefits Supervisor Resting”

Lucian Freud (1922 – 2011)

Auction Date: May 13

Estimate: $30 million – $50 million

Final Selling Price: $56.2 million

Sotheby’s

San Ildefonso Polychrome Lidded Jar

Tony Da (1940 – 2008)

Auction Date: May 21

Estimate: $25,000 – $35,000

Final Selling Price: $68,750

Bonhams

“…Emerging into an opening that appeared to have been formed partly by the ravages of the wind, and partly by those of fire”

N. C. Wyeth (1882 – 1945)

Auction Date: May 20

Estimate: $400,000 – $600,000

Final Selling Price: $1,325,000

Freeman’s

Napoleon III Twin-Handled Urn

Auction Date: May 19

Estimate: $30,000 – $50,000

Final Selling Price: $131,000

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