Auctions
5 Takeaways From the April 2017 Auctions
A rare jewel scores a new record and an Old Master unexpectedly takes flight at auction.
![Roy Lichtenstein, Nude with Blue Hair (1994). Courtesy Phillips Roy Lichtenstein, Nude with Blue Hair (1994). Courtesy Phillips](https://news.artnet.com/app/news-upload/2017/05/5T-april-lichtenstein.jpg)
A rare jewel scores a new record and an Old Master unexpectedly takes flight at auction.
Artnet Price Database Team
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Data collected from the artnet Price Database offers insight into the current state of the art market. In this monthly series, with the help of the artnet Price Database, we aim to fill you in on some of the more interesting facts, figures, and stories revealed by our data. In April, the most expensive piece of jewelry of all time was sold, and a prominent contemporary Chinese/French painter was the month’s top-selling artist.
Govaert Finck, An old man at a casement (1646) soared to $10.3 million on
an estimate of $2–3 million at Christie’s New York on April 27. Courtesy Christie’s.
Cui Ruzhuo, Misty Autumn in the Drizzling Rain (2010). Courtesy Poly Auction.
The Pink Star Diamond. Courtesy of Sotheby’s Geneva.
Zao Wou-ki, 17.07.67 (1967) Courtesy Sotheby’s.
Papa Ibra Tall, Semeuse d’étoiles (Date). Courtesy Piasa.