Sothebys New York sale takes $239 million
Published November 9th, 2006
A Cezanne still-life sold for $37 million and a Modigliani portrait of a boy fetched $31.1 million at Sotheby’s impressionist and modern art sale last night in New York, highlighting the largest single auction since 1990.
The $239 million total far exceeded last year’s sale of $130 million and topped the low presale estimate of $219 million, though it fell $60 million short of the high estimate.
