Auction Results: Contemporary Curated, March 11, 2022 @Sotheby’s

There were only a handful of photographs on offer in the recent Contemporary Curated sale at Sotheby’s, but they performed well. The top lot John Baldessari work sold within its estimate range, only to be bested by a pair of works by Barbara Kruger. With all of the photo lots finding buyers, the Total Sale Proceeds for photography (of roughly $605K) came in near the top end of the aggregate pre-sale estimate range.

The summary statistics are below (all results include the buyer’s premium):

Summary Statistics
Total Lots 6
Aggregate Pre Sale Low Estimate $455000
Aggregate Pre Sale High Estimate $645000
Total Lots Sold 6
Total Lots Bought In 0
Buy In % 0.00%
Total Sale Proceeds $607320

Here is the breakdown (using our usual Low, Mid, and High price tier definitions):

Detailed Breakdown
Low Total Lots 0
Total Low Lots Sold NA
Total Low Lots Bought In NA
Low Buy In % NA
Aggregate High Estimate of Low Lots $0
Total Proceeds from Low Lots $0
Mid Total Lots 2
Total Mid Lots Sold 2
Total Mid Lots Bought In 0
Mid Buy In % 0.00%
Aggregate High Estimate of Mid Lots $65000
Total Proceeds from Mid Lots $65520
Total High Lots 4
Total High Lots Sold 4
Total High Lots Bought In 0
High Buy In % 0.00%
Aggregate High Estimate of High Lots $580000
Total Proceeds from High Lots $541800

The top photography lot by High estimate was lot 154, John Baldessari, Two Crowds: Trouble (Excluded); Watching (Included), 1986, estimated at $150000-200000; it sold at $170100. The top photography outcome in the sale was lot 155, Barbara Kruger, Face It! (Blue); Face It! (Green), 2007, estimated at $100000-150000, sold at $176400 (image above, via Sotheby’s.)

100.00% of the lots that sold had proceeds in or above the estimate range and there were no positive surprises in the sale (defined as having proceeds of at least double the high estimate.)

The complete lot by lot results can be found here.

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