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June 24, 2009

Artinfo: Christie’s Imp/Mod sale a modest success

By Spear's

LONDON—Christie’s kicked off the London June sale season tonight with a decent result, selling the most expensive of its offerings but having more trouble with middle-range works, a difficulty that affected the buy-in rate.

LONDON—Christie’s kicked off the London June sale season tonight with a decent result, selling the most expensive of its offerings but having more trouble with middle-range works, a difficulty that affected the buy-in rate.

It was a sale dominated by European and U.K.-based bidders, who bought 84 percent of the lots offered, compared to just 14 percent U.S. participation and 2 percent Asian.

The results were solid but unexceptional: Of 44 lots offered, 30 sold, for a sold rate of 68 percent by lot and 84 percent by value. Nine works sold for more than a million pounds, 11 for more than a million dollars, and the final tally was £37,235,550 ($61,277,947), just within the pre-sale estimated range of £36.85 million to £50.15 million. That compares to a year ago, when 66 lots brought £144,440,500, Christie’s highest-ever auction total, and a 1919 Monet “Waterlillies” sold for a record £40.9 million.

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