Robust segments in auctions worldwide
- December 03, 2009 23:10
This week in London, four auction houses -- Bonhams, Christie’s, MacDougall’s and Sotheby’s -- sold an encouraging (although the total missed estimates) 39.7 million pounds ($65.7 million) of Russian art. Romanov-owned Faberge soared at Sotheby's. Mainland Chinese pushed a five-day Christie's auction in Hong Kong to an above-estimate HK$1.65 billion ($213 million). While a $32.3 million Christie's American art sale sent an Andrew Wyeth painting to $6.9 million, the second-highest auction price for the artist's work...