Auction Highlights
Posted on 21 September 2012
Part Two of the Paris Collection took place in front of another healthy crowd of around 200 bidders last night. By the time the sale had finished at 9:00pm over 4.52 million dollars worth of art had changed hands making it the highest grossing art auction of all time in this country. 212 of 235 lots offered were sold amounting to a sell through rate of just over 90%, again unheard of in the New Zealand secondary art market. The full list of prices realized will be published on our website next week, some of the advance preliminary highlights from last night's second evening sale included:
Lot 79. Philip Clairmont, Sink $3985
Lot 83. Peter Peryer, Westhaven $6550
Lot 85. Peter Peryer, Sand Shark $6450
Lot 97. Les Cleveland, Firemen, Thorndon $2815
Lot 98. Gordon Walters, Amoka $16 415 *record price for a print by this artist
Lot 101. Gordon Walters, Arahura $11 430
Lot 104. Michael Stevenson, K.E.V $10 550
Lot 106. Andrew McLeod, Page 54 $12 300
Lot 125. Gavin Hipkins, The Other Block $7035
Lot 133. Theo Schoon, Waiotapu Mud Pool $3630
Lot 149. Geoff Thornley, No. 7 $8790
Lot 150. Robin White, Hills Across the Harbour $21 100
Lot 152. Toss Woollaston, Head of a Boy $8200
Lot 168. Nigel Brown, Ark for Arama $8500
Lot 171. Chris Heaphy, Untitled $11 140
Lot 180. Gordon Crook, Stardust $8200
