Bryan Wynter Leads Sotheby's, Online $2.16m 'Selections from The Museum of Modern Art' Auction

A work by Bryan Wynter was the headline sale at Sotheby's, Online 'Selections from The Museum of Modern Art: c. 1890-1960' auction on March 5.

• The sale totaled $2.16m, exceeding the pre-sale high estimate.

Snapshot of the sale

• 90 works sold totaling $2.16m.
• Estimates totaled: $618,400 (low) and $948,300 (high), excluding premiums.
• The sell-through rate was 99% of the original 91 lots announced.

The star lot was: Bryan Wynter, Meeting Place (1957), which sold for $533,400, 700% above its $60,000 low estimate. It has not been traded before.

The outperformer sold for 10000% above its low estimate. Francesco Cristofanetti, Festival (1942), sold for $20,300 ($200 low estimate). It has been traded twice in the past.

• 76 works, or 84%, sold above their high estimate.
• 8 works, or 9%, sold within their low and high estimate.
• 6 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

1 work was bought-in: Oskar Moll, Snow Landscape with Red Bridge (1942), estimated at $30,000 (low) to $50,000 (high). It has been traded once in the past.

Withdrawn before the sale

0 works were withdrawn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Withdrawn: This happens when a seller decides, for whatever reason, to withdraw a work before the bidding begins.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