Pi-eX TOP 10

New York & London Art Evening Sales at
Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips


YEAR 2016


TOP 10 best performing artworks
The top 10 best performing artworks are works that achieved Hammer Prices (HP) dramatically higher than their initial Low Estimates (LE), thus indicating a huge interest in the works at the time of the auctions. Interestingly all but one artworks were sold at contemporary evening sales and 3 out of the top 10 artworks were works by artist Adrian Ghenie.
Source: Pi-eX Ltd proprietary database of auction results
1. "Olga Korbut", Lucy McKenzie
  • LE - HE (*): $25,292 - $37,938
  • Hammer Price (HP): $328,796
  • HP/LE: 1300%
  • Christie's Contemporary evening sale, London
  • 3. "Untitled", Giuseppe Gallo
  • LE - HE (*): $40,000 - $60,000
  • Hammer Price (HP): $300,000
  • HP/LE (**): 750%
  • Christie's Contemporary evening sale, New York
  • 5. "Nickelodeon", Adrian Ghenie
  • LE - HE (*): $1,264,600 - $1,896,900
  • Hammer Price (HP): $7,840,520
  • HP/LE (**): 620%
  • Christie's Contemporary evening sale, London
  • 7. "Drown" by Njideka Akunyili Crosby
  • LE - HE (*): $200,000 - $300,000
  • Hammer Price (HP): $900,000
  • HP/LE (**): 450%
  • Sotheby's Contemporary evening sale, New York
  • 9. "Personnage au Bicorne", Jean Dubuffet
  • LE - HE (*): $333,050 - $466,270
  • Hammer Price (HP): $1,465,420
  • HP/LE (**): 440%
  • Sotheby's Contemporary evening sale, London
  • 2. "Self-Portrait as Vincent van Gogh", Adrian Ghenie
  • LE - HE (*): $200,000 - $300,000
  • Hammer Price (HP): $2,150,000
  • HP/LE (**): 1075%
  • Sotheby's Contemporary evening sale, New York
  • 4. "The Sunflowers in 1937", Adrian Ghenie
  • LE - HE (*): $578,400 - $867,600
  • Hammer Price (HP): $3,831,900
  • HP/LE (**): 663%
  • Sotheby's Contemporary evening sale, London
  • 6. "Für Velimir Khlebnikov...", Anselm Kiefer
  • LE - HE (*): $526,080 - $789,120
  • Hammer Price (HP): $2,630,400
  • HP/LE (**): 500%
  • PHILLIPS Contemporary evening sale, London
  • 8. "H.M. The Queen and ‘Aureole’ in the Paddock...", Sir Alfred James Munnings
  • LE - HE (*): $537,160 - $805,740
  • Hammer Price (HP): $2,417,220
  • HP/LE (**): 450%
  • Christie's Curated evening sale, London
  • 10. "Grace Kelly", Imi Knoebel
  • LE - HE (*): $88,522 - $126,460
  • Hammer Price (HP): $379,380
  • HP/LE (**): 429%
  • Christie's Contemporary evening sale, London
  • (*) LE - HE: Low Estimate - High Estimate
    (**) HP/LE: Hammer Price over Low Estimate

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