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16 October 2014

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Top Ten: Post War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

London EMEA 16 October 2014

Post War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction

London, King Street. Thursday, 16 October 2014, Sale 1558

[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]

41 lots sold

Total: £40,344,500 /$64,309,133 /€50,228,903

89% sold by lot

46 lots offered

$ 1.594 = £1 / € 1.245 =£1

94% sold by value

Lot

Description

Estimate (£)

Price Realised

Buyer

58

Peter Doig (b. 1959),

The Heart of Old San Juan, Painted in 1999

4,000,000 - 6,000,000

£4,562,500

$7,272,625

€5,680,313

Anonymous

66

Gerhard Richter (b. 1932),

Waldstück (Chile), Painted in 1969

3,000,000 - 5,000,000

£4,450,500

$7,094,097

€5,540,873

Anonymous

82

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988

), Love Dub for A, Executed in 1987

4,000,000 - 6,000,000

£4,338,500

$6,915,569

€5,401,433

American

87

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988),

Infantry, Painted in 1983

1,800,000 - 3,000,000

£2,434,500

$3,880,593

€3,030,953

Asian

75

Juan Muñoz (1953-2001),

Conversation Piece I, Executed in 2001, these works are unique

1,500,000 - 2,000,000

£2,322,500

$3,702,065

€2,891,513

European Private

72

Gerhard Richter (b. 1932), Fiktion (Garten), Painted in 1975

1,500,000 - 2,000,000

£2,210,500

$3,523,537

€2,752,073

American

65

Gerhard Richter (b. 1932),

Abstraktes Bild, Painted in 1990

1,200,000 - 1,800,000

£1,874,500

$2,987,953

€2,333,753

Anonymous

70

Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945

), Laßt tausend Blumen blühen! (Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom),Executed in 1999

700,000 - 1,000,000

£1,202,500

$1,916,785

€1,497,113

Asian

78

Wade Guyton (b. 1972),Untitled, Executed in 2006

900,000 - 1,200,000

£1,202,500

$1,916,785

€1,497,113

American

84

Gerhard Richter (b. 1932),

Abstraktes Bild, Painted in 1981

1,100,000 - 1,600,000

£1,202,500

$1,916,785

€1,497,113

Anonymous

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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.