Christie's Results
July 1 2025
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Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Christie's London Old Masters Evening sale realised a total of £55,263,680 (all results include commission) tonight with a sell-through rate of 87.18% / 80.96 % including withdrawn lots.*
The top lot of the auction, Sir Robert Walpole's Venetian picture by Canaletto, realised £27,500,000 hammer / £31,935,000 (inc. commission). Other highlights were the Willem Key's Bearded Lady which realised £882,000 over its £300k-500k estimate, Pieter Brueghel the Younger's Visit to the Farm which made £819,000 over its £300k-500k estimate, Gerit Dou's Cottage Interior which realised £2,097,000 over its £1m - 1.5m estimate and a Constable Cloud Study which realised £453,600 over its estimate of £150k - 250k. The majority of other lots all came within their estimates, once commission is taken into account.
* - 3 lots were withdrawn.
