"After Monday's two-part blockbuster at Christie's kicked off the November marquee sales week with a dozen or more bidding wars, the auction house's 21st-century sale on Wednesday evening was far tamer, and quite a bit smaller. The sale's hammer total came to $99.7 million on 44 lots, right smack in the middle of the cumulative pre-sale estimate of $87.5 million to $127 million. With fees, the night's take came to $123.6 million."
"The Sherman work got the first applause of the night after hammering for $1.8 million, more than double the high estimate of $700,000. With fees, the sale price came to $2.3 million. The fiercest bidding war, however, was for the Giacomettis, as no less than six Christie's specialists battled on the phones for each of two identical lots, Bibliothèque au Mexique (ca. 1966)."
Christie's 21st-century evening sale realized a $99.7 million hammer total on 44 lots, landing within the presale estimate range and totaling $123.6 million with fees. One work, Cecily Brown's 2022 painting It's not yesterday anymore, failed to sell. Eighteen lots from the Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson collection opened the sale, reflecting their focus on conceptual, postwar, Pop, and contemporary art. Notable results included Cindy Sherman's Untitled Film Still #13 hammering for $1.8 million (sale price $2.3M with fees) and intense competition for Diego Giacometti sculptures, with identical Bibliothèque au Mexique lots fought over by multiple specialists.
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