Friday, October 8, 2010

Top Five Results of Swann's African-American Fine Art Auction




Of the 145 lots available for sale at the Thursday, October 7th African-American Fine Art auction at Swann Auction Galleries the following were the top five sales, including buyer's premium:

  1. Lot #122: Robert Colescott's A Legend Dimly Told, 1992, sold for 132,000 USD;
  2. Lot #8: Sargent Claude Johnson's Mask, 1933 and Lot # 23: Jacob Lawrence, Two Card Players, c. 1942, each sold for 67,200 USD;
  3. Lot #72: Alvin Loving's 9 Septehedrons, 1969, sold for 36,000 USD;
  4. Lot #18: William Edmondson's Squirrel, sold for 31, 200 USD; and
  5. Lot #62: Bob Thompson's Echo and Narcissus, 1965 tied with Lot #103: Hale Woodruff's Yellow Landscape, 1970s, sold for 26,400 USD.

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