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Upcoming Auctions: July 20 - 26

  • Christie's New York
  • Christie's New York
  • Sotheby's New York
  • Sotheby's New York
  • Auctionata Berlin
  • Auctionata Berlin
  • Auctionata Berlin
  • Auctionata Berlin
  • Auctionata Berlin
  • Auctionata Berlin
  • Auctionata Berlin
July 19, 2015
Ricardo Martinez

Five more auctions are ahead of us during the next week – one on Tuesday, July 21, and four on Wednesday, July 22. There will be more than a thousand modern and contemporary artworks for sale, ranging from paintings to prints, photography and 20th century design. First, at Capitolium Art auction house in Brescia, Italy, Modern & Contemporary art sale is about to take place on July 21, with 135 lots that are valued at almost $1 million. Then, an interesting auction is set on Wednesday, July 22 at Sotheby’s New York, with almost 250 artworks at Contemporary Living – Photographs, Prints & Design auction (estimated value is $1.68 – $2.47 million). At Christie’s New York the First Open NYC auction is scheduled also on Wednesday ($3.85 – $5.54 million), as well as two auctions at Auctionata Berlin: Prints & Photography (the sum of starting prices is $184,835), and Post-War & Contemporary Art (with the sum of starting prices of $298,644).

Auction HouseAuction (Event Name)DateTotal LotsLow Estimate Total [$]High Estimate Total [$]Estimated Average Lot Value [$]
Capitolium ArtModern & Contemporary21.7.2015135717.205997.5776.351
Sotheby'sContemporary Living – Photographs, Prints & Design22.7.20152491.677.3002.474.9508.338
Christie'sFirst Open NYC22.7.20153563.854.6005.542.80013.199
AuctionataPrints & Photography22.7.2015173184.835/1.068
AuctionataPost-War & Contemporary Art22.7.2015174298.644/1.716
  • Capitolium Art Brescia

Modern & Contemporary art auction at Capitolium Art

If you decide to buy something at Modern & Contemporary art auction at Capitolium Art (Via C.Cattaneo n. 55 25121 Brescia, Italy), you will find something for every pocket – literally. Starting prices range from $150 to $10,000, and there are more than several artworks made by some big contemporary names, such as Arman, Turi Simeti, Cy Twombly or Wifredo Lam. The estimated average lot value is $6,351.

Auction HouseAuction (Event Name)DateTotal LotsLow Estimate Total [$]High Estimate Total [$]Estimated Average Lot Value [$]
Capitolium ArtModern & Contemporary21.7.2015135717.205997.5776.351
Capitolium Art Brescia
Fernandez Arman – Tavolo, 1999 (Lot 95). Estimated at $10,850 – $16,275.
Capitolium Art Brescia
Left: Turi Simeti – Otto Ovali Gialli, 2006 (Lot 55). Estimated at $32,551 – $43,401. / Right: Roberto Gaetano Crippa – Spazio, 1952 (Lot 29). Estimated at $10,850 – $16,275.
Capitolium Art Brescia
Cy Twombly – Roman Notes, 1971 (Lot 40). Estimated at $8,680 – $13,020.
Capitolium Art Brescia
Carlo Carra’ – Vele Nel Porto, 1968 (Lot 18). Estimated at $43,401 – $65,102.
Capitolium Art Brescia
Wifredo Lam – Femme Cheval, 1958 (Lot 20). Estimated at $27,126 – $37,976.
  • Sotheby's New York

Contemporary Living - Photographs, Prints & Design at Sotheby's

A new concept will be presented at Sotheby’s New York, with the Contemporary Living – Photographs, Prints & Design auction that will take place on July 22 at 10 AM. This will be the inaugural auction of this kind, since a growing trend is noticed amongst collectors – to mix and match works from different categories, particularly from photographs, prints, and 20th century design, creating a sort of a dialog between them. Artworks by Andy Warhol, Helmut Newton, Ormond Gigli, Sebastião-Salgado and David Hockney, among others, will be put on sale, with the estimated average lot value of $8,338.

Auction HouseAuction (Event Name)DateTotal LotsLow Estimate Total [$]High Estimate Total [$]Estimated Average Lot Value [$]
Sotheby'sContemporary Living – Photographs, Prints & Design22.7.20152491.677.3002.474.9508.338
Sotheby's New York
Nino Migliori – Il Tuffatore (The Diver), 1951 (Lot 2). Estimated at $4,000 – $6,000.
Sotheby's New York
Ormond Gigli – New York City (Girls in the Windows), 1960 (Lot 74). Estimated at $20,000 – $30,000.
Sotheby's New York
Andy Warhol – Cowboys and Indians (Feldman & Schellmann II.377-386), 1986 (Lot 44). Estimated at $200,000 – $300,000.
Sotheby's New York
Shinichi Maruyama – Kusho #2, 2006 (Lot 36). Estimated at $15,000 – $25,000.
Sotheby's New York
Sebastião Salgado – Churchgate Station, Bombay, India, 1995 (Lot 137). Estimated at $30,000 – $50,000.
Sotheby's New York
Harry Callahan – Chicago (Trees in Snow), 1950 (Lot 22). Estimated at $10,000 – $15,000.
  • Christie's New York

First Open NYC at Christie's

First Open NYC auction that will take place at Christie’s New York on July 22 will feature works by Andy Warhol, Kazuo Shiraga, Lucio Fontana, Günther Förg, Keith Haring, and many others. This auction will be the opportunity to purchase some works by the most popular and sought-after post-war and contemporary artists, with the estimated average lot value of $13,199.

Auction HouseAuction (Event Name)DateTotal LotsLow Estimate Total [$]High Estimate Total [$]Estimated Average Lot Value [$]
Christie'sFirst Open NYC22.7.20153563.854.6005.542.80013.199
Christie's New York
Yayoi Kusama – Fruits, 1998 (Lot 18). Estimated at $50,000 – $70,000.
Christie's New York
Günther Förg – Fassade II, 1987 (Lot 230). Estimated at $70,000 – $90,000.
Christie's New York
Kazuo Shiraga – Ougi, 1968 (Lot 15). Estimated at $80,000 – $120,000.
Christie's New York
Lucio Fontana – Concetto Spaziale, 1967 (Lot 58). Estimated at $60,000 – $80,000.
Christie's New York
Keith Haring – Untitled, 1982 (Lot 191). Estimated at $20,000 – $30,000.
  • Auctionata Berlin

Prints & Photography at Auctionata

Two auctions will take place on July 22 at Auctionata auction house in Berlin, and one of them will be Prints & Photography auction. Auctionata doesn’t give estimated values of lots, but only starting prices, so total of 173 lots that will be auctioned have the average starting price of $1,068. Prints & Photography auction will feature works by Alex Katz, Tom Wesselmann, Peter Doig, Anton Corbijn and Damien Hirst, to name a few.

Auction HouseAuction (Event Name)DateTotal LotsLow Estimate Total [$]High Estimate Total [$]Estimated Average Lot Value [$]
AuctionataPrints & Photography22.7.2015173184.835/1.068
Auctionata Berlin
Bruno Bisang – Leticia H. Bali, 1993 (Lot 38). Starting price $4,123.
Auctionata Berlin
Alex Katz – Cow, USA, 2004 (Lot 78). Starting price $7,053.
Auctionata Berlin
Left: Siegfried Wittenburg – Faces of Revolution, Germany, 1990 (Lot 10). Starting price $3,689. / Right: Manuel Á. Bravo – Frida Kahlo, circa 1931, printed in 1991 (Lot 11). Starting price $1,953.
Auctionata Berlin
Left: Peter Lindbergh – Marie Sophie Wilson, 1987 (Lot 37). Starting price $6,510. / Right: Anton Corbijn – Pete Townshend, London, 1982 (Lot 93). Starting price $3,255.
  • Auctionata Berlin

Post-War & Contemporary Art at Auctionata

Artworks from post-1945 period and by mostly European post-war and contemporary artists will be put on sale on July 22 at Post-War & Contemporary Art auction at Auctionata Berlin. Total of 174 lots will be auctioned, for the average starting price of $1,716. Some of the artists that will have their works auctioned are Max Weiler, Jack Pierson, Franziska Hufnagel, Petr Michajlovich Ignatev, Ernst Fuchs and Anna Tessenow.

Auction HouseAuction (Event Name)DateTotal LotsLow Estimate Total [$]High Estimate Total [$]Estimated Average Lot Value [$]
AuctionataPost-War & Contemporary Art22.7.2015174298.644/1.716
Auctionata Berlin
Max Weiler – Ink drawing, Austria, 1970 (Lot 83). Starting price $4,340.
Auctionata Berlin
Jack Pierson – Ocean + 1st (pink cape), 1995 (Lot 128). Starting price $13,020.
Auctionata Berlin
Franziska Hufnagel – The times table, Germany, 2012 (Lot 122). Starting price $2,170.
Auctionata Berlin
Petr Michajlovich Ignatev, Lenin at an Assembly, 1979 (Lot 46). Starting price $2,062.
Auctionata Berlin
Ernst Fuchs – Large Sphinx, Bronze, 2013 (Lot 172). Starting price $10,850.
Auctionata Berlin
Anna Tessenow – Woman, 2013 (Lot 126). Starting price $1,845.