A Louis XV ormolu mounted ebony writing table once owned by Baron Gustave de Rothschild quadrupled its low estimate of £200,000, selling for £818,500 at Christie’s in association with De Pury yesterday. The 1760s piece of furniture was one of 306 lots being auctioned from the Lambert art collection, which spans three centuries and eight categories, including Chinese erotic paintings and a desk and chair set by Donald Judd. The sale made a total of £15m (est £10.8m-£16.8m).
But the show goes on at Sotheby’s and Christie’s with a mixture of in-person and remote bidding, while British dealers are getting creative in the Big Apple
Two prints of his zaftig muse Sue Tilley, a rare self-portrait, and a tender sketch of Eli the whippet given as a Christmas gift to his assistant were among the 30 works sold
“The market is back,” says Christie’s head—but pressure to secure top property is “huge”
Contemporary art leads market recovery at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips, according to ArtTactic report
