Auguste Rodin Work Sells for $146,500 to Deliver a 6% Annualized Return

Auguste Rodin, Main gauche de pianiste, grand modèle sold for $146,500, more than one and a half times the low estimate at Bonhams in New York on May 15.

The sale beat the previous auction result for this work by $137,200, equivalent to an annualized return of 6%. It last sold at auction in 1983 for $9,352 at Sotheby's.

Bronze with green and black patina. The work has been traded 7 times in the past.