CHRISTIE’S. Londra, 5 luglio 2011
La vendita ha totalizzato £49,766,050 con 41 lotti venduti su 61 offerti.
Top Ten:
| Lot | Description | Estimate (£) | Purchase Price | Buyer |
| 12 | George Stubbs, A.R.A. (Liverpool 1724-1806 London), G
imcrack on Newmarket Heath, with a trainer, a jockey and a stable ladWORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION |
20,000,000 – 30,000,000 | £22,441,250
$35,906,000 €24,797,581 |
Piers Davies Fine Art
on behalf of a client |
| 10 | Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (Sudbury, Suffolk 1727-1788 London),
Portrait of Mrs. William Villebois, full-length, in masquerade dress, with a blue gown and a lace-edged satin skirt, holding a diaphanous wrap, beside a pilasterWORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION |
4,000,000 – 6,000,000 | £6,537,250
$10,459,600 €7,223,661 |
UK Advisor |
| 63 | Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese 1475-1564 Rome),
A male nude, seen from behind (recto); Studies of male nudes (verso) |
3,000,000 – 5,000,000 | £3,177,250
$5,083,600 €3,510,861 |
Anonymous |
| 7 | Marcus Gheeraerts II (Bruges 1561/2-1636 London),
Portrait of Frances Howard, Countess of Hertford, later Duchess of Lennox and Richmond, full-length, in a masquerade dress, with a wreath of pansies in her hair, 1611 |
1,000,000 – 1,500,000 | £1,721,250
$2,754,000 €1,901,981 |
UK Private |
| 37 | Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger (Rotterdam 1600/1-1653 Weesp),
Dutch frigates exchanging salutes in a calm, with yachts, a rowing boat, a sloop carrying personnel, and fishermen on the shoreWORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION |
400,000 – 600,000 | £1,553,250
$2,485,200 €1,716,341 |
US Private |
| 59 | Taddeo Gaddi (Florence active ?mid-1320s-1366),
A triptych: central panel: The Madonna and Child enthroned with Saints; wings: The Nativity with the Angel of the Annunciation; and The Crucifixion with Virgin Annunciateinscribed ‘AVE GR ATIA WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION |
1,200,000 – 1,800,000 | £1,329,250
$2,126,800 €1,468,821 |
European Private |
| 35 | Willem Claesz. Heda (Haarlem 1594-1680),
A blackberry pie, an upturned nautilus cup, a salt-cellar, a façon- de-Venise flute of wine, a silver ewer, an upturned roemer, hazelnuts, a silver knife and a knife-case, on a partly-draped table with pewter plates |
400,000 – 600,000 | £847,650
$1,356,240 €936,653 |
Anonymous |
| 21 | Jacques-Laurent Agasse (Geneva 1767-1849 London),
Dash, a setter in a wooded landscape |
400,000 – 600,000 | £825,250
$1,320,400 €911,901 |
European Private |
| 5 | Jacob Claesz. van Utrecht (?Utrecht, c. 1480-after 1530 ?Lübeck),
A triptych: central panel: The Annunciation; wings: Portrait of Herman Plönnies, Ratsherr of Lübeck, with Saint Matthew; and Portrait of his wife, Ida Greverade, with Saint Catherine of Alexandria; outer faces: Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child; and Saint Anthony Abbot |
100,000 – 150,000 | £769,250
$1,230,800 €850,021 |
Anonymous |
| 57 | Spinello di Luca Spinelli, called Spinello Aretino (Arezzo 1350/2-1410)
The Lamentation |
300,000 – 400,000 | £713,250
$1,141,200 €788,141 |
Anonymous |
