Sale total
€373.9m (£332.8m/$483.8)
The highest total for any single-owner collection, beating the
$207m Ganz collection of Impressionist and Modern paintings and
prints sold by Christie's NY in 1997
The highest total for any sale in Europe
689 lots offered
658 lots sold (95.5%)
Highest ever total for a decorative arts
collection
€59.1m (£52.64m)
Highest ever total for a silver sale
€19.88m (£17.69m)
Longest sale session
Six hours to sell 278 lots of Sculpture and Works of Art
on February 25
Buyer breakdown by lot
76% Europe
15% Americas
4% Asia
5% Middle East
Top price
€35.9m (£31.9m) for Henri Matisse's Les Coucous, an auction record
for the artist
Artists records
Ten highest prices at the sale include five artists' records at
auction - Matisse (€35.9), Brancusi (€29.2), Mondrian (€21.6),
de Chirico (€11), Géricault (€9)
Auction record for any piece of 20th century Decorative
Art and Design
€21.9m (£19.45m) for Eileen Gray's Dragons Chair
Auction record for any 16th century French
bronze
€2.05m (£1.8m) for Janus head attributed to the circle of
Francesco Primaticcio.
61 lots realised over €1m
30,000 visitors queued for up to four hours to view the
auction
Up to 1500 attended the four-sale session
Eight different auctioneers conducted sale
100 telephone lines to handle phone bidding
Note: All prices are inclusive of the buyer's premium
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