Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr Limited Editions Auction Totals $1.17m
3 min read · 29 Oct 2026
The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011(twenty eleven) - 23 February by David Hockney sold for $315,300. Image courtesy of Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr
A work by David Hockney was the headline sale at Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr 'Limited Editions' auction on October 28 in Paris.
- The sale totaled $1.17m (EUR1.05m), exceeding the pre-sale high estimate.
Snapshot of the sale
- 96 works sold totaling $1.17m.
- Estimates totaled: $769,900 (low) and $1.08m (high), excluding premiums.
- The sell-through rate was 86% of the original 112 lots announced.
The star lot was: David Hockney, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011(twenty eleven) - 23 February (2011), which sold for $315,300, 87% above its $168,000 low estimate. It has not been traded before.
Signal by Sonia Delaunay sold for $1,743 (417% above estimate). Image courtesy of Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr
The outperformer sold for 417% above its low estimate. Sonia Delaunay, Signal (1970), sold for $1,743 ($337 low estimate). It has been traded once in the past.
- 56 works, or 58%, sold above their high estimate.
- 33 works, or 34%, sold within their low and high estimate.
- 7 works, or 7%, sold below their low estimate.
- 0 sold with undisclosed estimates.
Guaranteed sales
No sales had a guarantee.
Works that did not sell
16 works were bought-in, including: Pablo Picasso, Grande tête de femme au chapeau, IVᵉ état, 9 février 1962 (1963), estimated at $56,100 (low) to $78,600 (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Withdrawn before the sale
0 works were withdrawn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Withdrawn: This happens when a seller decides, for whatever reason, to withdraw a work before the bidding begins.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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