Phillips London Contemporary = £22.8m
June 30, 2015 by Marion Maneker
Phillips June Contemporary Art Auctions realised a combined total of £22,826,925 / $35,838,272 / €32,185,964 selling 73% by lot
Phillips Contemporary Art Evening Auction realised £18,192,400 / $28,562,068 / €25,651,284 selling 84% by lot.
The Contemporary Art Day Sale totalled £4,634,525 / $7,276,204 / €6,534,680 selling 70% by lot
Top Ten Evening Sale Lots
23 Ai Weiwei Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads, 2010 £3,442,500 / $5,404,725 / €4,853,925 WORLD RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION
30 Bruce Nauman Hanging Heads # 1 (Blue Andrew, Mouth Open …), 1989 £1,762,500 / $2,767,125 / €2,485,125
27 Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe (portfolio of 10), 1967 £1,202,500 / $1,887,925 / €1,695,525
39 Sigmar Polke Carnival, 1979 £1,142,500 / $1,793,725 / €1,610,925
35 Ed Ruscha Ship Talk, 1988 £884,500 / $1,388,665 / €1,247,145
29 Andy Warhol Flowers, 1964 £722,500 / $1,134,325 / €1,018,725
11 Raqib Shaw Arrival of the Horse King from the series Paradise Lost, 2011-2012 £722,500 / $1,134,325 / €1,018,725
10 Sherrie Levine Caribou Skull, 2006 £494,500 / $776,365 / €697,245
22 Damien Hirst Veneration, 2007 £482,500 / $757,525 / €680,325
21 Takashi Murakami Pom and Me, 2010 £482,500 / $757,525 / €680,325
Top Ten Day Sale Lots
134 Damien Hirst Beautiful, beautiful, charity childrens, spin painting (with butterflies), 2007 £290,500 / $456,085 / €409,605
148 Yves Klein La Victoire de Samothrace, (S 9), 1962 £170,500 / $267,685 / €240,405
123 Banksy Love is in the Air (AKA Flower Thrower), 2010 £134,500 / $211,165 / €189,645
264 Stanley Casselman IR-40-16, 2013 £134,500 / $211,165 / €189,645
171 Mimmo Paladino Untitled, 1995 £110,500 / $173,485 / €155,805
125 Olafur Eliasson Untitled, 2002 £104,500 / $164,065 / €147,345
128 Gavin Turk Pile, 2004 £104,500 / $164,065 / €147,345 WORLD RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION
132 Marc Quinn Bahia Mangroves Brazil, 2009 £104,500 / $164,065 / €147,345
124 Nigel Cooke In Da Club – Me Time, 2010 £98,500 / $154,645 / €138,885
119 Rob Pruitt White Pandas, 2003 £92,500 / $145,225 / €130,425
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