Christie's 20th/21st Century Evening Sale Notches Steady Results, a Feat in the Current Tepid Art Market
Christie's 20th/ 21st Century evening sale hit the same sales total as last year and notched seven artists' records.
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Christie's 20th/ 21st Century evening sale hit the same sales total as last year and notched seven artists' records.
During a single-lot auction at Sotheby's in London on Tuesday, an ancient Roman marble statue known as the Hamilton Aphrodite sold for £18.6 million ($24.6 million). The sculpture's final price was 9 times the low estimate of £2 million ($2.7 million). It was the highest price ever paid for an antique marble sculpture. After a…