Pi-eX TOP 10

New York & London Art Evening Sales at
Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips


YEAR 2017


TOP 10 happiest sellers in 2017
The top 10 happiest sellers in the 2017 evening sales sold artworks with Hammer prices that reached many times the Low Estimates set by the auction houses and the sellers. The artworks were sold both in contemporary and old masters evening sales at Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips.
Source: Pi-eX Ltd proprietary database of auction results
1. "Flora", Willem Drost
  • LE - HE (*): $400,000 - $600,000
  • Hammer Price (HP): $3,900,000
  • HP/LE (**): 975 %
  • Sotheby's Old Masters evening sale, NY
  • 3. "Portrait de femme endormie. III", Pablo Picasso
  • LE - HE (*): $1m - $1.5m
  • Hammer Price (HP): $8m
  • HP/LE (**): 800%
  • Phillips Contemporary evening sale, NY
  • 5. "Mercury carrying Psyche to Mount Olympus", Bartholomäus Spranger
  • LE - HE (*): £400,000 - £600,000
  • Hammer Price (HP): $2,800,000
  • HP/LE (**): 700 %
  • Christie's Old Masters evening sale, London
  • 7. "An extensive seascape with figures by a boat on a shore" by Ludolf Bakhuizen
  • LE - HE (*): £80,000 - £ 120,000
  • Hammer Price (HP): £550,000
  • HP/LE (**): 688 %
  • Christie's Old Masters evening sale, London
  • 9. "Winter Solstice 2012 Dinner Party", Nicole Eisenman
  • LE - HE (*): $100,000 - $150,000
  • Hammer Price (HP): $550,000
  • HP/LE (**): 550 %
  • Phillips Contemporary evening sale, NY
  • 2. "Monkeys cooking in a kitchen", David Teniers II
  • LE - HE (*): £40,000 - £60,000
  • Hammer Price (HP): £340,000
  • HP/LE (**): 850 %
  • Christie's Old Masters evening sale, London
  • 4. "Untitled", Laura Owens
  • LE - HE (*): $200,000 - $300,000
  • Hammer Price (HP): $1,450,000
  • HP/LE (**): 725 %
  • Sotheby's Contemporary evening sale, NY
  • 6. "Olmec & Muse", Isamu Noguchi
  • LE - HE (*): $600,000 - $800,000
  • Hammer Price (HP): $4,150,000
  • HP/LE (**): 692 %
  • Christie's Contemporary evening sale, NY
  • 8. "A stoneware ewer, a Berkemeyer and a conical glass in a bekerschroef, with confectionary in a silver platter, on a ledge", David Rijckaert II
  • LE - HE (*): £70,000 - £100,000
  • Hammer Price (HP): £460,0000
  • HP/LE (**): 657 %
  • Christie's Old Masters evening sale, London
  • 10. "The beautyful Ones", Njideka Akunyili Crosby
  • LE - HE (*): £400,000 - £600,000
  • Hammer Price (HP): £2,100,000
  • HP/LE (**): 525 %
  • Christie's Contemporary evening sale, London
  • (*) LE - HE: Low Estimate - High Estimate
    (**) HP/LE: Hammer Price over Low Estimate

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