Hot Off the Fax Machine: Christie’s Strong Stone Sale CORRECTED

CORRECTION: Due to incorrect figures e-mailed to me by Christie’s press office prior to this sale, I published the wrong amounts for the presale estimate range. The right figures are in the corrected version, below:
A little sigh of relief: Christie’s Allan Stone sale (which was eclectic, but with an emphasis on contemporary art) was a triumph: 90% sold by lot; 94% sold by dollar amount; 12 records (some for decorative arts, but also for John Chamberlain, Wayne Thiebaud, Alfred Leslie, John Graham, Michael Goldberg and (for a work on paper) Joseph Cornell. The sale total with buyer’s premium was $52.42 million. The hammer total was $45.45 million, within the presale estimate (which does not include buyer’s premium) of $40.6 million to $59.7 million.
The price list is here. The list of works, here.
Now on to the big game—the evening contemporary sales tomorrow at Christie’s and Wednesday at Sotheby’s. If, like me, you won’t be attending those sales in person, here’s how you can watch the live webcasts.