Warhol, Richter pop to the top in London sales
- February 17, 2011 16:09
A recently rediscovered 6-by-6 foot Andy Warhol self-portrait doubled its pre-sale estimate to fetch £10.8 million pounds ($17.4 million) at a London auction on Wednesday.
Christie's evening sale of Post-War and Contemporary art brought in a total £61.4 million ($99 million), well above the presale estimate and the highest amount for the series since 2008.
Earlier in the week Warhol also performed well with his Nine Multicoloured Marilyns selling for £3.17 million ($5.1 million) against an estimate of £2-3 million at Sotheby's where four other Warhols fetched on the high end of estimates to bring a total £5.3 million ($8.5 million).
Gerhard Richter’s work also went for strong prices during the week of sales. His monumental Abstraktes Bild of 1990 edged above estimate to bring £7.2 million ($11.5 million) at Sotheby's while another one of his abstract works doubled the estimate to fetch £3.2 million ($5 million) at Christie's.
![A 19th century Seven Piece "Chrysanthemum" Pattern Sterling Silver Coffee & Tea Service, which was exhibited in the Tiffany & Co. booth at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago](/images/c/78/96/Tiffany___Co__Makers_Seven_Piece_"Chrysanthem100x100_c.jpg "A 19th century Seven Piece \"Chrysanthemum\" Pattern Sterling Silver Coffee & Tea Service, which was exhibited in the Tiffany & Co. booth at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago")
_-Closing-the-Distance_100x100_c.jpg "Lot 204: Bob Kuhn (1920–2007),Closing the Distance, 1977, acrylic on masonite, 24 x 48 in, Sold: $409,500")
