Next week the world's two biggest auction houses, Christie's and Sotheby's, kick off a busy February schedule of London sales that will put the recent surge in art market prices to the test. [nLDE712109]
Following are the pre-sale estimates for the series of auctions covering impressionist, modern, post-war, contemporary and surreal works.
Christie's:
February 9: Impressionist and modern evening sale London
- 54.7-81.0 million pounds (66.7 million in 2010)
February 9 - Surreal evening sale
- 19.2-28.1 million pounds (10.1 million in 2010)
February 10 - Impressionist and modern day sale
- 9.2-13.3 million pounds (10.7 million in 2010)
February 10 - Impressionist and modern works on paper
- 6.0-8.5 million pounds (7.0 million in 2010)
February 16 - Post-war and contemporary evening sale
- 36.0-51.9 million pounds (39.1 million in 2010)
February 17 - Post-war and contemporary day sale
- 10.2-14.5 million pounds (11.7 million in 2010)
Sotheby's:
February 8 - Impressionist and modern evening sale
- 55.6-79.3 million pounds (146.8 million in 2010)
February 9 - Impressionist and modern day sale
- 16.9-23.6 million pounds (17.6 million in 2010)
February 10 - "Looking Closely" private collection sale
- 39.3-55.0 million pounds (n/a)
February 15 - Post-war and contemporary evening sale
- 30.7-43.4 million pounds (54.0 million in 2010)
February 16 - Post-war and contemporary day sale
- 9.9-14.0 million pounds (11.8 million in 2010)
Source: Christie's, Sotheby's
(Reporting by Mike Collett-White, editing by Paul Casciato)