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New York: Impressionist and Modern Art

By Judd Tully

Published: January 1, 2009
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Sotheby’s
70 lots offered
$223,812,500 sold total
36 percent unsold by lot
32 percent unsold by value
Christie's
Modern Age
58 lots offered
$47,039,500 sold total
29 percent unsold by lot
50 percent unsold by value
Various Owners Sale
82 lots offered
$146,715,000 sold total
44 percent unsold by lot
37 percent unsold by value
Relative to the economy’s dramatic downturn, the performances of the trio of evening sales was far from a rout. "There’s still a little bit of life left in the market," says the Christie’s CEO Edward Dolman, "and I think that’s what people should be concentrating on."
"New York: Impressionist and Modern Art" originally appeared in the January 2009 issue of Art+Auction. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Art+Auction's January 2009 Table of Contents.

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