AO Auction Results: Phillips de Pury, Thursday, February 12th; Satisfactory but not strong.

February 18th, 2009


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Encased — 5 Rows (6 Spalding Scottie Pippen Basketballs, 6 Spalding Shaq Attaq Basketballs, 6 Wilson Supershot Basketballs, 6 Wilson Supershot Basketballs, 6 Franklin 6034 Soccerballs) (1993) by Jeff Koons. Lot unsold. Estimate range: £1,800,000 to 2,200,000.

Phillips de Pury & Co. raised a total of £4.2 million at their February 12th auction of contemporary art, with 35 of 53 lots selling. The entire sale was expected to realize £6.8 million – £9.3 million.  The higher priced lots were shunned in favor of those with estimates under £500,000.

The highest priced lot was Martin Kippenberger’s Portrait of Paul Schreber (Designed by Himself), which sold for £432,000, at the low end of its presale estimate of £400,000 to £600,000. The 8-foot high oil, lacquer and silicone is an abstract portrait of Paul Schreber, an early 20th century German judge who suffered several nervous breakdowns, and was the subject of a seminal clinical psychology paper by Sigmund Freud. The portrait is based on a sketch in Schreber’s autobiography, where he draws what he imagines his brain to look like: one healthy side and one ill side. Dan Colen’s Untitled (Going, Going, Go. . .), of a candle whose smoke spells out the painting’s title, sold for £92,500, more than double the high estimate. This sale also set a new auction record for the artist.

Zeng Fanzhi’s Huang Jiguang, from 2006, sold for £360,000 against pre-sale estimates of £200,000 to £250,000. The 11 foot wide depicts a Chinese war hero from the Korean War, who is famous for having sacrificed himself in a crucial battle. Mixing historicity and myth with an abstract landscape as background, Fanzhi is one of China’s foremost contemporary artists and is known for his Mask series.

A Jeff Koons sculptural installation featuring a glass-encased vitrine stocked with various basketballs and soccer balls failed to sell. It was the only lot priced higher than £1 million, and failed to generate a single bid despite being the cover lot by a prominent name.

The auction results were unimpressive on the whole, reflecting the general sense of ambivalent malaise that still plagues the art market. The consensus among many dealers and collectors is that it is a buyer’s market, and many sellers have not adjusted their pricing expectations to reflect the ongoing correction–until this mismatch is corrected, there will continue to be anemic auction results.

Auction Page: Phillips de Pury Contemporary Art Evening Sale
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Koons Work Snubbed for Cheaper Art in London as Bargains Sought [Bloomberg]
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Phillips Sale Misses the Mark [ArtInfo]
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ART MARKET WATCH: £4.2 million at Phillips London [Artnet]
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Phillips de Pury & Company’s London Contemporary Art Sale Results Confirm Market Demand for Quality Works [ArtDaily]


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Portrait of Paul Schreiber (Designed-by-Himself) (1994) by Martin Kippenberger. Sold for £432,000, against presale estimate sof £400,000 to £600,000.

Other artists in the auction included the likes of Tracey Emin, Andreas Gursky, Banksy, Keith Haring, Jules de Balincourt, and Terence Koh. Tracey Emin’s two lots delivered mixed results, with one being withdrawn due to a lack of bids while the other sold for £18,000, below its £25,000 – £35,000 estimate range. The lots by Banksy and Keith Haring also went unsold, as did pieces by Jules de Balincourt, Ron Arad, Gilbert and George, and Terence Koh.


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Huang Jiguang (2006) by Zeng Fanzhi. Sold for £360,000 against pre-sale estimates of £200,000 to £250,000.


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Happy Chopper (2005) by Banksy. Unsold. Estimate range: £200,000 – £300,000.


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Untitled (Typhoon Reversed, Philippines 4-15-99) (2000) by Robert Longo. Sold for £74,000 against pre-sale estimates of £50,000 – £70,000.


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China seris no. 3 (2006) by Feng Zhengjie. Sold for £75,000 against pre-sale estimates of £40,000 – £60,000.


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Untitled (Pink Butterfly M02G) by Mark Grotjahn. Sold for £149,000 against pre-sale estimates of £200,000 – £300,000


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Horta de Ebro (1988) by Georg Baselitz. Sold for £179,000 against pre-sale estiamtes of £200,000 – £300,000.

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