Wednesday, June 28, 2023 6:58:35 PM
>>> $108 Million Klimt Painting Breaks European Auction Record
Bloomberg
by James Tarmy
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/108-million-klimt-painting-breaks-european-auction-record/ar-AA1d8M3K
(Bloomberg) -- A portrait by Gustav Klimt sold for £85.3 million ($108.4 million) at Sotheby’s in London on Tuesday, becoming the most valuable artwork to sell at auction in Europe. (The previous record was set in 2010, when Giacometti’s L'homme qui marche sold for £65 million in London.)
Carrying an unofficial estimate in the region of £65 million, the Klimt, Dame mit Fächer (Lady with a Fan) was executed in 1917-1918 and carried an irrevocable bid, meaning a third party had guaranteed in advance to purchase the work for a predetermined sum. Thus, it was widely understood to be a record-setting work well in advance of the sale.
Nevertheless, 10 minutes of serious bidding pushed the piece well beyond its estimate. In reaching this final sum, the painting also set a record for Klimt at auction. The late artist’s global public record was previously set last November, when the estate of Paul Allen sold Klimt’s Birch Forest for $104.6 million.
Tuesday nights’ Klimt last appeared at auction in 1994, when it was purchased for $11.6 million at Sotheby’s in New York, meaning in the interim it has appreciated by roughly 834%.
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Bloomberg
by James Tarmy
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/108-million-klimt-painting-breaks-european-auction-record/ar-AA1d8M3K
(Bloomberg) -- A portrait by Gustav Klimt sold for £85.3 million ($108.4 million) at Sotheby’s in London on Tuesday, becoming the most valuable artwork to sell at auction in Europe. (The previous record was set in 2010, when Giacometti’s L'homme qui marche sold for £65 million in London.)
Carrying an unofficial estimate in the region of £65 million, the Klimt, Dame mit Fächer (Lady with a Fan) was executed in 1917-1918 and carried an irrevocable bid, meaning a third party had guaranteed in advance to purchase the work for a predetermined sum. Thus, it was widely understood to be a record-setting work well in advance of the sale.
Nevertheless, 10 minutes of serious bidding pushed the piece well beyond its estimate. In reaching this final sum, the painting also set a record for Klimt at auction. The late artist’s global public record was previously set last November, when the estate of Paul Allen sold Klimt’s Birch Forest for $104.6 million.
Tuesday nights’ Klimt last appeared at auction in 1994, when it was purchased for $11.6 million at Sotheby’s in New York, meaning in the interim it has appreciated by roughly 834%.
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