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Interesting Facts #10

Hello, I want to share something with you that fills me with joy: although it is frivolous news it is a sign that the work is going well 🙏 thank you for all your support. “Untitled broke auction record for the artist, selling for 27720 GBP ( 37000 US dollars ), nearly tripling it’s low estimate last night during @phillipsauction ‘s NEW NOW contemporary art auction.” (The auction took place on December 2nd 2021 in London) . . . . . #auctionrecord #art #contemporaryart #abstraction #phillips #santiagoparra (at Phillips) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZZ4dDzuxWs/?utm_medium=tumblr

Artist Jeff Koons once again holds the record for fetching the highest sale price by a living artist. Jeff’s stainless steel Rabbit (1986) has broken the auction record previously held by David Hockney by selling for $91 Million in Christie’s Post War and Contemporary sale. This is a photo of the special pre-sale display space in Christie’s whose lighting mimicked a James Turrell display according to @artnews #jeffkoons #jeffkoonsrabbit #christiesauction #koonsrabbit #auctionrecord #koonssculpture #contemporaryart #stainlesssteelsculpture #art https://www.instagram.com/p/BxgtTAylvhD/?igshid=143oxgoumo3wu

$110.5 million for this Basquiat ... it's mind-boggling. I used to work for a guy who knew Basquiat in the 1980s and bought his work at the time for a few thousand dollars ... #jeanmichelbasquiat #basquiat #auctionrecord