The 20th Century & Contemporary Art auction at Phillips, realized $108,143,000 with a 22% increase in resolution chest over the previous year on the department and in addition to the 58% increase on our sale day. Jean-Michel Basquiat's The Ring made $15 million while Norman Rockwell's Before the Shot sold for $4,7 million to a collector of contemporary art. But there are extraordinary results below the table of top lots.
TOP TEN
| Description | Pixy | Realized price | |
| Jean-Michel Basquiat, The Ring, 1981 | $ 10,000,000 - 15,000,000 | $15,035,000£11,673,174 /€13,638,249 | |
| Philip Guston, Tuxedo II, 1973 | $ 6,000,000 - 8,000,000 | $7,657,500£5,945,283 /€6,946,118 | |
| Andy Warhol, Late Four-Foot Flowers, 1967 | $ 6,000,000 - 8,000,000 | $7,430,500£5,769,040 /€6,740,207 | |
| Pablo Picasso, Femme assise dans un fauteuil, 1948 | $ 5,000,000 - 7,000,000 | $4,820,000£3,742,248 /€4,372,222 | |
| Norman Rockwell, Before the shot, 1958 | $ 2,500,000 - 4,500,000 | $4,700,000£3,649,080 /€4,263,370 | |
| Joan Miro, Paysan catalan inquiet par le passage d'un vol d'oiseaux, 1952 | $ 7,000,000 - 10,000,000 | $4,580,000£3,555,912 /€4,154,518 | |
| Alberto Giacometti, Portrait of G. David Thompson, 1957 | $ 5,000,000 - 7,000,000 | $4,220,000£3,276,408 /€3,827,962 | |
| Ed Ruscha, Start Over Please, 2015 | $ 3,500,000 - 4,500,000 | $4,220,000£3,276,408 /€3,827,962 | |
| Yoshitomo Nara, Little Thinker, 2000 | $ 3,500,000 - 4,500,000 | $4,045,000£3,140,538 /€3,669,220 | |
| Cy Twombly, Untitled, 1969 | $ 2,500,000 - 3,500,000 | $3,740,000£2,903,736 /€3,392,554 |
Cover image: Jean-Michel Basquiat's The Ring
