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17 July 2023

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London, Live and Online Realised a Combined Total of £87,173,345 / $110,958,445 / €101,787,207

27% Increase Year on Year16% of Bidders were New to Christie’s26% of New Registrants were Millennials
London EMEA 17 July 2023
<strong>London, Live and Online</strong>
<strong>Realised a Combined Total of</strong>
<strong>£87,173,345 / $110,958,445 / €101,787,207</strong>

London – Christie’s summer edit of Classic Week in London realised a combined total of £87,173,345 / $110,958,445 / €101,787,207, which is a 27% increase in £ and a 35% increase in $ on the total for the equivalent sales series in 2022.

CLASSIC WEEK BY NUMBERS

  • £12,615,000 / $16,021,050 / €14,734,320 top lot in the series: Michael Sweerts’ completely unpublished and unknown canvas on the theme of the artist’s studio, which set a new auction record for the artist (estimate: £2,000,000-3,000,000)
  • 65 countries: registered bidders
  • 65% of buyers from EMEA
  • 26% of all new registrants were millennials (+2% year on year)
  • 16% of bidders were new to Christie’s
  • 39% increase in visitors to the exhibitions of Christie’s London Evening Sales on same period in 2022

BREAKDOWN BY SALE

(For full results, including top lot please click sale title and order lots by highest price)

Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours

£3,346,694

$4,246,955

€3,888,858

Antiquities

 

£1,818,558

$2,307,750

€2,118,620

The Exceptional Sale

£11,214,300

$14,242,161

€13,098,302

Old Masters Part I Sale

£53,940,600

$68,504,562

€63,002,621

Remastered: Old Masters from the Collection of J.E. Safra

 

£3,001,950

$3,812,477

€3,506,278

Old Masters Part II

£2,068,290

$2,635,001

€2,415,763

BAYREUTH: A Connoisseur's Collection of English Silver and Gold Boxes

£2,100,420

$2,675,935

€2,453,291

Valuable Books and Manuscripts

£4,048,569

$5,242,897

€4,744,923

The Magnificent Library of Norman Bobins: Part Two, The Colourful World

£1,758,078

$2,285,501

€2,048,161

British and European Art

£3,039,750

$3,951,675

€3,541,309

Alice & Nikolaus Harnoncourt: Artists Collecting Art

£836,136

$1,053,531

€969,082

                                                                                                                         Total

£87,173,345

$110,958,445

€101,787,207

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* Please note when quoting estimates above that other fees will apply in addition to the hammer price - see Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of the sale catalogue. *Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium.