Jack White

Research found the number of works selling above their low estimate was nearly 8% above average.

The mural had stood in Dallas for around 25 years before it was painted over.

Female Model Before a Mirror (Kvindelig model foran et spejl) set a new auction record for Ludvig August Smith, selling for $83,800 at Phillips New York, $21,100 above the artist’s previous record sale, a 33% rise.

Works by Pollock, Rothko and De Kooning totaled nearly $500m, dwarfing the sales of female Abstract Expressionists at the New York sales in May but a painting by Pat Passlof proved a highlight beyond the headlines.