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6 October 2016

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RESULTS | THE ITALIAN SALE - TOP 10

London EMEA 6 October 2016

 

The Italian Sale

London, Thursday 6th October 2016, Sale 12244  

 [All sold prices include buyer’s premium]

 

45 lots sold

Total: £ 18,680,250 / $23,723,917/ €21,164,724

     76% sold by lot

59 lots offered

$1.270 = £1 / €1.133 = £1

   73% sold by value

Lot  

Description

Estimate (£)

Price Realised

Buyer

118

PINO PASCALI (1935-1968), Coda di delfino (Tail of a Dolphin). Executed in 1966.

WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST

1,500,000 - 2,000,000

£2,629,000

$3,338,830

€2,978,657

Anonymous

128

Michelangelo Pistoletto (B. 1933), Uomo appoggiato (Leaning Man). Executed in 1966.

1,400,000 - 1,800,000

£1,925,000

$2,444,750

€2,181,025

Anonymous

136

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale, Attese. Executed in 1966.

500,000 - 800,000

£1,445,000

$1,835,150

€1,637,185

Anonymous

147

Enrico Castellani (b. 1930), Untitled (Superficie bianca e rosa). Executed in 1962.

400,000 - 600,000

£1,415,000

$1,797,050

€1,603,195

Anonymous

151

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale. Executed in 1958.

800,000 - 1,200,000

£1,145,000

$1,454,150

€1,297,285

Anonymous

138

Piero Manzoni (1933-1963), Achrome. Executed in 1958-1959.

600,000 - 800,000

£965,000

$1,225,550

€1,093,345

Anonymous

153

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale, Attesa. Executed in 1967.

600,000 - 800,000

£905,000

$1,149,350

€1,025,365

Anonymous

155

LUCIO FONTANA (1899-1968), Concetto Spaziale. Executed in 1956.

500,000 - 700,000

£725,000

$920,750

€821,425

Anonymous

106

Mario Schifano (1934-1998), Grande particolare di paesaggio italiano a colori (Big Detail of an Italian Landscape in Colour). Executed in 1963.

350,000 - 500,000

£485,000

$615,950

€549,505

Anonymous

112

Enrico Castellani (b. 1930), Superficie Bianca. Executed in 1963.

400,000 - 600,000

£437,000

$554,990

€495,121

Anonymous

       

 

*Please see separate post-sale press release for comment

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Estimates do not include buyer’s premium.

Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs, third-party financing fees or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits.

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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.