Contemporary New York brings together the defining art and design of today. This season, the sales totalled a collective $40,650,872, showing continued market enthusiasm for quality works of modern and contemporary art and design by emerging and established names.

Post-War to Present closed with a total of $32,023,889, selling 80% by lot and 92% by value. The sale’s top lot was Jeff Koons’s Winter Bears from the Barbara Jakobson Collection. Contemporary Edition closed with a total of $2,201,926, with 89% sold by lot and 100% sold by value. Meanwhile, First Open achieved a total of $4,544,060, selling 100% by value and 85% by lot.

Across the sales, many records were set, especially for women artists, including Sheila Hicks’s Untitled, which realised $254,000; Gloria Klein’s Untitled, which brought in $30,480; and Mary Abbott’s Southampton Sand, which achieved an impressive $209,550. As part of a selection of Outsider Art, a rare, embroidered textile by Madge Gill drew significant enthusiasm — setting a new record for the artist at $120,650.

Anchored by the collections of Barbara Jakobson and Janie C. Lee, Contemporary New York brought together painting, works on paper, prints, and design, pairing museum-quality highlights with accessible discoveries and an unprecedented number of no-reserve lots. Together, these works reflect a contemporary moment shaped by new voices, expanded perspectives, and how art is lived with.

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