Jean Michel Folon Leads Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr $773,100 Limited Editions Auction
3 min read · 19 Mar 2026
Friends by Jean Michel Folon sold for $88,400. Image courtesy of Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr
A work by Jean Michel Folon was the headline sale at Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr 'Limited Editions' auction on March 18 in Paris.
- The sale totaled $773,100 (EUR670,200), meeting the pre-sale estimate.
Snapshot of the sale
- 155 works sold totaling $773,100.
- Estimates totaled: $609,900 (low) and $850,200 (high), excluding premiums.
- The sell-through rate was 79% of the original 195 lots announced.
The star lot was: Jean Michel Folon, Friends (2005), which sold for $88,400, 92% above its $45,800 low estimate. It has been traded once in the past.
September 16, 1968 by Rene Magritte sold for $3,691 (303% above estimate). Image courtesy of Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr
The outperformer sold for 303% above its low estimate. Rene Magritte, September 16, 1968 (1968), sold for $3,691 ($916 low estimate).
- 97 works, or 63%, sold above their high estimate.
- 50 works, or 32%, sold within their low and high estimate.
- 8 works, or 5%, sold below their low estimate.
- 0 sold with undisclosed estimates.
Guaranteed sales
No sales had a guarantee.
Works that did not sell
40 works were bought-in, including: Pablo Picasso & Fernando De Rojas, La Celestine (1971), estimated at $34,300 (low) to $45,800 (high).
Withdrawn before the sale
0 works were withdrawn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. Estimates, sale prices and totals are converted into US dollars. 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Withdrawn: This happens when a seller decides, for whatever reason, to withdraw a work before the bidding begins.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.
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