Sotheby’s Paris (25/20/13.9% buyer’s premium) reported a cumulative total of €5.4m for the five online sales it held over two weeks in mid May through to early June. The initiative attracted new buyers, said the auction house, with 35% in the jewellery sale and 27% in the Contemporary art auction.
The three top prices in these sales, at €100,000 (£90,910) each, were achieved in three different auctions.
In the sale of Contemporary art, which ran from May 25-June 3, this sum was achieved for a lot containing two self-portraits by Zoran Musik (1909-2005). The oils on canvas, one measuring 4ft 9in x 3ft 9in (1.46 x 1.16m) signed and dated 89, and the other measuring 4ft 9in x 3ft 3in (1.46 x 1m) signed and dated 90, were acquired by the vendor direct from the artist’s studio.