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Christie’s marathon evening sales in London make a within-estimate £163m
by Kabir Jhala March 08 , 2024
Christie’s marathon evening sales in London make a within-estimate £163m
by Kabir Jhala March 08 , 2024
The 20th/21st century and Art of the Surreal auctions were up 18.5% by value on their March 2023 versions.
The modest results of Christie’s back-to-back 20th/21st century and Art of the Surreal evening sales in London, held tonight (7 March), were the best that this week’s marquee spring auctions in the UK capital could muster. They followed a Phillips evening sale earlier today that just missed its £11m low estimate (all estimates are calculated without fees) and a Modern and contemporary evening auction at Sotheby’s the prior night that made 40% less than that house’s comparable sale in 2023.
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