Modern and contemporary art now seems to have taken the lead, but if unique pieces continue to rise, reaching values that suggest elitist collecting, then even pieces such as "prints and multiples" become attractive and interesting to a wider audience , even if the figures are not so low for limited but still numbered works. The Christie's New York "Prints and Multiples" auction on May 1 was proof of this, with a total of hammer prices: 10,334,150 USD equal to 7,853,954 Euros and an audience from all over the world, but above all a number of buyers Asians on the rise.
Top lots:
Andy Warhol – Campbell's Soup I – the complete set of ten screenprints in colors, 1968 Estimate: 300,000 – 500,000 – Sold for $411,750 (Asian buyer)
Marc Chagall – Homer, L'Odyssée, Fernand Mourlot, Paris, the complete deluxe suite of 43 signed lithographs in colors, hors-texte, the colors strong, on Japon nacre, 1974 Estimate 300,000 – 500,000 – Sold for $315,750 (European buyer)
Erich Hekel – Fränzi liegend – woodcut in black and red, 1910, on soft fibrous wove paper – estimate 250,000 – 300,000 – Sold at 243,750 USD (US Trade buyer)
Richard Diebenkorn – High Green, Version I -aquatint, etching and drypoint in colors, 1992 – Estimate 120,000 – 180,000- Sold at 195,750 USD (US Private buyer)
Andy Warhol – Shadows I – the complete set of six unique screenprints in colors with diamond dust, 1979 – Estimate 80,000 – 120,000 – Sold at 159,750 USD (US Private buyer)
Andy Warhol – Superman, from Myths -screenprint in colors with diamond dust, 1981 – Estimate 80,000 -120,000 – Sold at 147,750 USD (US Trade buyer)
Edvard Munch -Der Kuss -woodcut in black and grayish green, 1902 – Estimate 100,000 – 150,000 – Sold for $135,750 (Asian Trade buyer)
Pablo Picasso – Jacqueline – linocut in colors, 1959 – Estimate 100,000 – 150,000 – Sold for $135,750 (US Trade buyer)
Andy Warhol – Mickey Mouse, from Myths – screenprint in colors with diamond dust, 1981 – Estimate 70,000 – 100,000 – Sold for $129,75 (US Trade buyer)
Andy Warhol – Marilyn: one plate – screenprint in colors, 1967 – Estimate 60,000 – $80,000 – Sold for $123,750 (Asian Private buyer).
