Christie's London Part I Sale
December 3 2024
Picture: Christie's
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Christie's London Old Masters Part I sale realised a total of £13,990,220 (inc. premiums) this evening with a respectable 88.47% of lots sold / 76.93% if one includes withdrawn lots.*
Several pictures managed to soar past their top estimates, including a Clara Peeters Still Life with Cheese which realised £655,200 (all figures inc. premiums) over its £100k - £150k estimate, alongside two nineteenth century pictures. Gustav Courbet's Le poète ou Le sculpteur realised £945,000 over its £250k - £350k estimate and Francesco Hayez's Bathsheba made £1,492,000 over its £600k - £800k estimate. With premiums added, many pictures managed to break past their upper guide prices, including the top ticket works Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and Gabriel Metsu.
The top lot went to Van Dyck's much anticipated Andalusian Horse, which fetched a hammer price of its high estimate to realise £3,428,000 including premiums added.
All eyes on the Sotheby's sale tomorrow evening!
* - 3 lots were withdrawn, I'm sure someone will get in touch if I was incorrect with this figure!
