06 March 2023
Closely Watched Female Painters Continue to Rise in Christie’s London Sales
Christie’s kicked off its mid-season sales of modern and contemporary art in London with two auctions—one devoted to art made in the past century, the other to Surrealism. The sales brought in a combined £167 million ($202 million) with premium and hammered at a collective £137.8 million ($166 million), above the expected low estimate of £128 million ($154.3 million). The specter of a recession is still looming in the US, and this sort of foreboding future tends to dampen the mood at auctions. The Christie’s salesroom thrummed with a calm buzz, however, and dealers Danny Nahmad and Danny Katz were among those present.
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