RESULTS: The Italian Sale, 16 October 2014
The Italian Sale
London, Thursday, 16 October 2014, Sale 1582
[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]
58 lots sold | Total: £27,584,000/$43,968,896 /€34,342,080 | 88% sold by lot | ||||
66 lots offered | $1.594= £1 / €1.245=£1 | 88% sold by value | ||||
Lot | Description | Estimate (£) | Price Realised | Buyer | ||
125 | Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994), Colonna (Column),Executed in 1968 WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTISTS AT AUCTION | 1,500,000 - 2,000,000 | £2,434,500 $3,880,593 €3,030,953 | American | ||
131 | Piero Manzoni (1933-1963), Achrome, Executed in 1958-1959 | 2,000,000 - 3,000,000 | £2,322,500 $3,702,065 €2,891,513 | Italy | ||
139 | Alberto Burri (1915-1995), Combustione plastica, Executed in 1956 | 1,000,000 - 1,500,000 | £1,538,500 $2,452,369 €1,915,433 | European Trade | ||
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| Enrico Castellani (b. 1930), Superficie Bianca, Executed in 1984 | 400,000 - 600,000 | £1,314,500 $2,095,313 €1,636,553 | Italy | ||
132 | Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale , Executed in 1957 | 800,000 - 1,200,000 | £1,314,500 $2,095,313 €1,636,553 | European | ||
129 | Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994), Mappa, Executed in 1988 | 1,000,000 - 1,500,000 | £1,142,500 $1,821,145 €1,422,413 | Italy | ||
133 | Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale, Executed in 1962 | 800,000 - 1,200,000 | £1,022,500 $1,629,865 €1,273,013 | Italy | ||
134 | Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale, Executed in 1967 | 280,000 - 350,000 | £962,500 $1,534,225 €1,198,313 | Italy | ||
130 | Michelangelo Pistoletto (b. 1933), Boy with a dog, Executed in 1965 | 800,000 - 1,200,000 | £938,500 $1,495,969 €1,168,433 | Asian | ||
141 | Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978), Mobili nella valle, Painted in 1927 | 700,000 - 1,000,000 | £746,500 $1,189,921 €929,393 | European | ||
Please see separate post-sale release for comment |
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