Keith Haring Leads Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr $210,600 'Prints & Multiples Online' Auction

A work by Keith Haring was the headline sale at Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr 'Prints & Multiples Online' auction on November 14.

• The sale totaled $210,600 (EUR199,600), meeting the pre-sale estimate.

Snapshot of the sale

• 159 works sold totaling $210,600.
• Estimates totaled: $193,200 (low) and $270,400 (high), excluding premiums.
• The sell-through rate was 75% of the original 212 lots announced.

The star lot was: Keith Haring, Le Mans 84 (1984), which sold for $10,800, 100% above its $5,390 low estimate.

The outperformer sold for 2906% above its low estimate. Joan Miro, Composition (1961), sold for $8,104 ($270 low estimate).

• 83 works, or 52%, sold above their high estimate.
• 44 works, or 28%, sold within their low and high estimate.
• 32 works, or 20%, sold below their low estimate.
• 0 sold with undisclosed estimates.

Guaranteed sales

No sales had a guarantee.

Works that did not sell

52 works were bought-in, including: Silvestre Péjac, New Wave (2022), estimated at $6,468 (low) to $8,624 (high).

Withdrawn before the sale

1 work was withdrawn before the sale: After Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe (10 silkscreens) (1972) estimated at $1,617 (low) to $2,695 (high).

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Withdrawn: This happens when a seller decides, for whatever reason, to withdraw a work before the bidding begins.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