RESULTS: Sotheby's sale of 19th Century European Art - October 23 , 2007 At Sotheby’s the sale of 19th Century European Art achieved a total of $24,169,288. Works by French academic painter William Bouguereau and Gustave Courbet sold particularly well.
News-Antique.com - Oct 26,2007 - Today at Sotheby’s the sale of 19th Century European Art achieved a total of $24,169,288. Works by French academic painter William Bouguereau and Gustave Courbet sold particularly well. The top lot was Courbet’s Le Veau Blanc, which achieved a price of $2,505,000 (est. $320/380,000), over six times its high estimate. The next top five prices went to William Bouguereau. Bidders competed aggressively for the most expensive lots, resulting in an unprecedented average lot value of $150,000.
Sale Results New York Sale N08355 19th Century European Art 23 OCT 07 Grand Total (Including Buyer's Premium): $24,169,288 (£11,855,245) Exch Rate: 0.49 Sold by Lot: 59.9% Lots Offered: 272 S old by Value: 77.8% Lots Sold/Unsold: 163 / 109 Lot Price (USD) Estimate (USD) Buyer 143 $2,505,000 (£1,228,724) $320,000 - 380,000 Anonymous GUSTAVE COURBET, Le Veau Blanc 32 $2,393,000 (£1,173,787) $2,000,000 - 3,000,000 American Private Collector WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU, Jeunesse 43 $1,833,000 (£899,102) $700,000 - 900,000 American Private Collector WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU, Breton Girls at Prayer 41 $1,833,000 (£899,102) $700,000 - 1,000,000 American Private Collector WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU, Glaneuse 37 $993,000 (£487,075) $900,000 - 1,200,000 American Private Collector WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU, L'Amour au papillon 44 $937,000 (£459,607) $700,000 - 900,000 American Private Collector WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU, Les Agneaux 98 $577,000 (£283,023) $300,000 - 500,000 European Trade ALBERT EDELFELT, Chez L'Artiste 60 $565,000 (£277,137) $450,000 - 650,000 Anonymous PETRUS VAN SCHENDEL, Moonlit Market 165 $481,000 (£235,935) $400,000 - 600,000 American Private Collector FREDERICK MORGAN, Rival Families 20 $433,000 (£212,390) $250,000 - 350,000
European Trade FREDERICK ARTHUR BRIDGMAN, A Street Scene in Algeria Polly Sartori, Senior Vice President and Director of Sotheby’s 19th Century Paintings Department, said of the sale, “Today, the top end of the 19th Century European Paintings market was tested by two of its most important artists: Gustave Courbet and William Bouguereau. Stylistically and in choice of subject, these two artists could not be further apart. The highest price of the sale went to Courbet’s fantastic young bull, with the next five top prices going to William Bouguereau. These results show the continued interest by our buyers to focus on the best examples of 19th Century European Paintings. As has been the trend in the past few sales, bidders competed aggressively for the most
expensive lots, resulting in an unprecedented average lot value of $150,000. American collectors - as they did in April 2007 - dominated the bidding at the highest value levels.”
