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EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM
OF ART

A Chippendale elaborately carved mahogany side chair
Carving attributed To Nicholas Bernard (D. 1789), Philadelphia, circa 1750

Estimate: $600,000-800,000
Price realized: $902,500
January 2012, New York
EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS
BROOKLYN MUSEUM

Vasily Vereshchagin
Crucifixion by the Romans

Estimate: £1,000,000-1,500,000
Price realized: £1,721,250
November 2011, London
EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS
FLINT INSTITUTE OF ARTS

A white jade baluster vase and cover
Early 20th century

Estimate: $6,000-8,000
Price realized: $98,500
September 2010, New York
EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS
BARUCH COLLEGE

Matta
Untitled

Estimate: $250,000 - $350,000
Price realized: $422,500
May 2010, New York
EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

An Egyptian limestone head from a sarcophagus lid
Late period to Ptolemaic period, circa 4th-3rd century B.C.

Estimate: $25,000-35,000
Price realized: $206,500
December 2010, New York
EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS
HOLDEN ARBORETUM

Salvador Dali
Fleurs d'été dans un paysage surréaliste

Estimate: $100,000-150,000
Price realized: $362,500
November 2011, New York
EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS
NEW JERSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Buell, Abel. A New and Correct Map of the United States of North America Layd Down from the Latest Observations and Best Authorities Agreeable to the Peace of 1783.

Estimate:$500,000-700,000
Price realized: $2,098,500
December 2010, New York
EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

Lynn Chadwick, R.A.
Beast I

Estimate: £120,000-180,000
Price realized: £265,250
November 2011, London
EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS
SPEED ART MUSEUM

An Isfahan carpet
Central Persia, 17th century

Estimate: $25,000-35,000
Price realized: $158,500
November 2011, New York
EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS
CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART

Attributed to Frans Hals
Young woman holding a glass and a flagon

Estimate: $250,000-350,000
Price realized: $602,500
January 2012, New York
EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS
MARIDON MUSEUM

A large German carved ivory relief panel
Last quarter 19th century

Estimate: $80,000-120,000
Price realized: $254,500
April 2011, New York
EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

Raoul Dufy
Le casino de Sainte-Adresse au pêcheur

Estimate: £400,000-600,000
Price realized: £881,250
June 2011, London
EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS
HARVARD ART MUSEUMS

Three bronze circular mirrors
Sui/Tang dynasty, 6th-8th century

Estimate: $4,000-6,000
Price realized: $40,000
March 2011, New York
EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS
CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART

John Henry Twatchman
Spring Landscape

Estimate: $70,000-100,000
Price realized: $158,500
May 2010, New York

EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS

Museums large and small rely on Christie’s expertise and exceptional performance at all price levels. In the past five years, they have entrusted us with sales of deaccessioned artworks in excess of $400 million. While the art market has experienced corrections in prices not unlike those in the financial markets in recent years, we have witnessed the unwavering desirability of museum property among collectors around the world.

In 2011 alone, museum property sold 93% by lot and 96% by value.