At 01:00 on June 26, 2024, Sotheby's "Modern and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Including the Ralph I. Goldenberg Collection" was held as scheduled in London.The total transaction amount of 51 lots in this auction reached 84.722 million pounds, with a total transaction rate of 90%, of which 39% of the lots were sold above the estimated price and 35% of the lots were sold within the estimated price.Jean-Michel Basquiat's Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Derelict was sold for £17 million, becoming the highest-priced painting in the auction.

new record:
Zdenek⸱Sikora sets a new record for an artist;
August Strindberg, Paula Riegger and many other artists set new second-highest prices for artists;
Robert Morris sets a new record for the third highest price for an artist;
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A total of 2 million-level auction items were bornAmong them, Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Derelict" was sold for 17 million pounds and Pablo Picasso's "Guitare Sur Un Tapis Rouge" was sold for 10.73 million pounds.

A total of 17 million-dollar items were auctioned,in
Pierre-Auguste-Renoir's "Bouquet De Lilas" sold for £6.88 million.
Pablo Picasso's "Nu Assis" sold for 5.76 million pounds
Lucio Fontana's "Concetto Spaziale, Attese" sold for £4.08 million.
Piero Manzoni's "Achrome" was sold for 3.18 million pounds, etc.

TOP1 of this transaction:

Jean-Michel Basquiat's Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Derelict was sold for £15 million, plus £17 million in commission.

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TOP2 of this transaction:

Pablo Picasso's "Guitare Sur Un Tapis Rouge" was sold for 9.3 million pounds, plus commission for 10.73 million pounds.

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TOP3 transactions in this session:

Pierre-Auguste Renoir's "Bouquet De Lilas" was sold for £5.8 million, plus commission for £6.88 million.

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Several artists set new auction records

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Other sold lots:

In addition to the top three most expensive lots, the auction also includes many masterpieces by Western modern and contemporary artists, including Pablo Picasso, Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni, August Strindberg, Cy Twombly, Paula Rigg and other artists.

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