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sothebys.com
Georgette Chen’s Lychees and Peaches, a still life from the 1940s, led Sotheby’s Singapore Modern & Contemporary Art sale with SG$2 million (US$1.5 million). The auction realized SG$15.1 million (US$11.1 million) with a 93% sell-through rate across 56 lots, and works by women artists drew strong bidding, reflecting a rising market trend highlighted by Sotheby’s insights.
straitstimes.com
Liu Kang’s Pounding Rice (1953) sold for $698,500 at Sotheby’s Modern & Contemporary Art auction, setting a personal record. Georgette Chen’s Lychees and Peaches (1940–1945) sold for $2.02 million, and Cheong Soo Pieng’s Seated Balinese Lady (1981) sold for $203,200, with all works exceeding pre-sale estimates.
salonprivemag.com
Gustav Klimt’s Dame mit Fächer (Lady with a Fan) sold at Sotheby’s in London for £85.3 million / $108.4 million, a European auction record for Klimt. Patti Wong represented a Hong Kong collector in the bidding, which lasted about ten minutes, surpassing previous records for Klimt and related portraits.
usaartnews.com
The article discusses Jackson Pollock's paint-splattered studio floor in East Hampton, its historical preservation by the Jackson Pollock Studio, and the planned NFT collection titled Beyond the Edge launching July 20 in partnership with Iconic Moments.
news.artnet.com
Gustav Klimt’s Dame mit Fächer (Lady with a Fan) sold for $108.4 million at Sotheby’s, setting an auction record for Klimt. The painting’s buyer remains undisclosed, with the article noting that the track has gone cold and suggesting the buyer may be connected to a Hong Kong power broker, according to market chatter. The piece also references Sotheby’s handling of the sale and contextualizes it within a cautious art-market climate.
news.artnet.com
The article discusses the Jackson Pollock Studio’s NFT collection titled Beyond the Edge, released in partnership with Iconic. Four NFTs in editions of 100 (plus a 25-edition set of all four) were priced at 0.8 ETH ($1,500) each and sold within hours, totaling over $450,000. The sale included phygital pairs with hand-numbered prints, and buyers spanned 25 countries, including NFT collector Pranksy who purchased all four NFTs.
usaartnews.com
The Back Room: The Klimt Connection discusses the market dynamics around Gustav Klimt, focusing on his work Dame mit Fächer (Lady with a Fan) sold at Sotheby’s London for £85.3 million ($108.4 million), and the broader implications for the European and Asia Pacific art markets.
Christie’s
Christie’s documents the market development behind ["London, Live and Online Realised a Combined Total of £87,173,345 / $110,958,445 / €101,787,207 - Christie's", 'London, Live and Online\nRealised a Combined Total of\n£87,173,345 / $110,958,445 / €101,787,207']. Its account reports that london – Christie’s summer edit of Classic Week in London realised a combined total of £87,173,345 / $110,958,445 / €101,787,207, which is a 27% increase in £ and a 35% increase in $ on the total for the equivalent sales series in 2022.