Chaïm Soutine painted “Le Petit Pâtissier
The Christie’s sale is over and the numbers were not as strong as last night’s sale. Total take was $158.5M (low end of the estimate was $139.6M … so they needed the buyer’s premium to beat the number). There were 51 works cataloged, 2 withdrawn and 5 failed to find a buyer. That left an 89.8% sell-through rate … which is pretty good.
Additional information: Up and Down at Christie’s