Christie's Results London Classic Week - 24 June to 19 July 2022
Classic Week London and Online from 24 June to 19 July
Realised a Combined Total of
£68,743,258 / $82,299,019 / €80,377,567
With highlights including
Lucas Cranach the Elder’s The Nymph of the Spring
The one-of-one ‘Ionic Original’ disc of Bob Dylan’s
First New Studio Recording of “Blowin’ In The Wind” Since 1962
and
An Egyptian Limestone Group Statue for Mehernefer and his Son
24% of New Registrants were Millennials
13 New Auction Records were Established
London – The final lot has closed on Christie’s summer edit of Classic Week in London, bringing the combined total for the series of ten live and online sales to £68,743,258 / $82,299,019 / €80,377,567. This marquee sale series attracted bidders from 49 countries, with 67% of all buyers coming from EMEA; 24% of all new registrants were millennials. 13 new auction records were established (9 for the artist; 4 for the medium).
The top lots of the London sales series were Lucas Cranach the Elder’s The Nymph of the Spring, from the collection of Cecil & Hilda Lewis, which achieved a new record for the artist, selling for £9,449,500 / $11,282,703 / €11,055,915 in the Old Masters Evening Sale (estimate: £6,000,000-8,000,000) and an Egyptian Limestone Group Statue for Mehernefer and his Son, dated to the Old Kingdom, mid-late 5th Dynasty, circa 2400-2300 B.C which achieved £6,014,500 / $7,181,313 / €7,036,965 in The Exceptional Sale (estimate on request). Further highlights included Bob Dylan’s first new studio recording of “Blowin’ in the Wind” since 1962, from a special session with multi-Grammy winning producer T Bone Burnett, on the recently announced groundbreaking ‘Ionic Original’ disc which sold for £1,482,000 / $1,769,508 / €1,733,940, resetting the value of music (estimate: £600,000-1,000,000).
These results build on the exceptional prices already achieved at Christie’s throughout 2022 to date across the equivalent sale categories, highlighted by the record price for the Michelangelo drawing in Paris, the Collection of Hubert de Givenchy, Le Grand Style: An apartment on the Quai d'Orsay designed by Alberto Pinto, among many others.
Please see PDF for sale totals and full list of records.