Bonhams Renoir Collection of Gabrielle Renard Auction Totals $4.05m

Vase of Wildflowers by Pierre-Auguste Renoir was the headline sale at Bonhams 'A Lasting Impression: The Renoir Collection of Gabrielle Renard' auction on May 10-20 in New York.

• The sale totaled $4.05m, exceeding the pre-sale high estimate.

Snapshot of the sale

• 21 works sold totaling $4.05m.
• Estimates totaled: $2.57m (low) and $3.72m (high), excluding premiums.
• The sell-through rate was 100%, so a white-glove sale.

The star lot was: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vase of Wildflowers (1887), which sold for $559,300, 11% above its $500,000 low estimate. It has been traded twice in the past.

The outperformer sold for 256% above its low estimate. Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Étude de roses, de têtes et de nus (1905), sold for $356,100 ($100,000 low estimate). It has been traded twice in the past.

• 13 works, or 62%, sold above their high estimate.
• 8 works, or 38%, sold within their low and high estimate.
• 0 works, or 0%, sold below their low estimate.
• 0 sold with undisclosed estimates.

Guaranteed sales

No sales had a guarantee.

Works that did not sell

0 works were bought-in.

Withdrawn before the sale

0 works were withdrawn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Withdrawn: This happens when a seller decides, for whatever reason, to withdraw a work before the bidding begins.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