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Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Lots Sold at Auction in August 2024
It was a big month Down Under, with an Australian house accounting for more than half the entries.
It was a big month Down Under, with an Australian house accounting for more than half the entries.
Eileen Kinsella ShareShare This Article
August was a quiet month for auctions in New York, as it always is, and European houses focused on historical genres at lower price points, as usual, and so it was Australia’s time to shine. In Sydney, Smith and Singer (formerly Sotheby’s Australia) sold more than half of the 10 priciest lots of the month, via its summer sale of Australian art. Meanwhile Loïc Gouzer, the Christie’s veteran who launched his own digital platform, “Fair Warning,” several years ago, took the top slot with a rare work by David Hammons.
Read on for the list of top-selling works for the month of August.
Estimate: $800,000 to $1.2 million
Final Price: $1.3 million
Where & When: Fair Warning, online, August 22, 2024
Estimate: $673,000 to $1 million (AUD$1 million to AUD$1.5 million
Final Price: $673,000 (AUD$ 1 million)
Where & When: Smith and Singer, Sydney, August 21, 2024
Estimate: $270,000 to $404,000 (AUD$400 to AUD$600,000)
Final Price: $648,036 (AUD$981,818)
Where & When: Smith and Singer, Sydney, August 21, 2024
Estimate: $539,000 to $808,000 (AUD$800,000 to AUD$1.2 million)
Final Price: $648,036 (AUD$981,818)
Where & When: Smith and Singer, Sydney, August 21, 2024
Estimate: $300,000 to $500,000
Final Price: $571,500
Where & When: John Moran Auctions, Monrovia, Calif., August 13, 2024
Estimate: $337,000 to $473,000 (AUD$500,000 to AUD$700,000)
Final Price: $526,530 (AUD$793,000)
Where & When: Smith and Singer, Sydney, August 21, 2024
Estimate: $404,000 to $539,000 (AUD$600,000 to AUD$800,000)
Final Price: $526,530 (AUD$600,000)
Where & When: Smith and Singer, Sydney, August 21, 2024
Estimate: $300,000 to $500,000
Final Price: $445,000
Where & When: Bonhams, Los Angeles, August 6, 2024
Estimate: $337,000 to $471,000 (AUD$500,000 to AUD$700,000)
Final Price: $412,750 (AUD$613,000)
Where & When: Smith and Singer, Sydney, August 21, 2024
Estimate: $311,000 to $467,000 (NZ$500,000 to NZ$750,000)
Final Price: $350,000 (NZ$561,650)
Where & When: Webb Auctions, Auckland, New Zealand, August 26, 2024