RESULTS: The Collector | ONLINE
Results — Christie’s The Collector: English & European 18th & 19th Century Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Works of Art online sale (April 28 – May 7), totaled $2,940,125, with 81% sold by lot and 100% sold by value. The sale presented a curation of approximately 300 lots of the finest examples of 18th and 19th century English and European furniture, porcelain, silver and works of art, in partnership with interior designer Alex Papachristidis as a guest curator.
The top lot of the sale was René Lelong, Youth of Bacchus, which realized $75,000, against a low estimate of $10,000. Additional outstanding results were achieved by A Large Roman Micromosaic Table, which sold for $68,750; A Pair of Chinese Ge-type Cong-form Vases, which realized $56,250, against a low estimate of $3,000; A Royal Copenhagen Porcelain ‘Flora Danica’ Part Dinner Service, which achieved $50,000, against a low estimate of $8,000; and a group of Twelve Italian marble and Alabaster Busts of Emperors second half 19th Century, which sold for $50,000 against a low of $5,000.
Casey Rogers and Bliss Summers, Co-Heads of Sale remark, “The strong results of the first online Collector sale demonstrate our clients’ enthusiasm for the online platform. Competitive bidding from domestic and international clients, many new to Christie’s, drove many lots far beyond their estimates. Furthermore, we were overjoyed to work with Alex Papachristidis whose vignettes brought a unique and colorful perspective and context on our digital platform. We look forward to our London sale of The Collector|Online, which is now open for bidding.”
