Auguste Rodin Leads Bonhams Skinner $604,300 'European Art' Auction

A work by Auguste Rodin was the headline sale at Bonhams Skinner 'European Art' auction on May 22.

• The sale totaled $604,300, exceeding the pre-sale high estimate.

Snapshot of the sale

• 133 works sold totaling $604,300.
• Estimates totaled: $330,200 (low) and $504,900 (high), excluding premiums.
• The sell-through rate was 83% of the original 160 lots announced.

The star lot was: Auguste Rodin, Femme nue debout vers la droite (Undated), which sold for $121,200, 1600% above its $7,000 low estimate. It has been traded 3 times in the past.

The outperformer sold for 1600% above its low estimate. Auguste Rodin, Femme nue debout vers la droite (Undated), sold for $121,200 ($7,000 low estimate). It has been traded 3 times in the past.

• 63 works, or 47%, sold above their high estimate.
• 26 works, or 20%, sold within their low and high estimate.
• 44 works, or 33%, sold below their low estimate.
• 0 sold with undisclosed estimates.

Guaranteed sales

No sales had a guarantee.

Works that did not sell

27 works were bought-in, including: Jean Georges Vibert, Les Débuts d'Un Confesseur (1869), estimated at $15,000 (low) to $25,000 (high). It has been traded 3 times in the past.

Withdrawn before the sale

0 works were withdrawn

Terms and definitions

All results include the fees and premiums added to the price of a work of art when the auctioneer's hammer falls. Sale prices are compared to the auction house’s low estimate, which do not include premiums.

Guarantees: Sometimes an auction house guarantees to pay a seller for a work, regardless of whether the bidding reaches the reserve price, a figure that is typically confidential.

Bought-in: If there are no bids for a work, or if bidding falls short of the reserve price, the lot is unsold or “bought-in”.

Withdrawn: This happens when a seller decides, for whatever reason, to withdraw a work before the bidding begins.

Premiums: Typically a sliding-scale of charges paid in addition to the hammer price by the buyer, plus any other fees.