Christie's 21st Century Evening Sale Could Realize $133.7m

3 min read · 29 Oct 2026

Untitled (Leonardo and His Five Grotesque Heads) by Jean-Michel Basquiat estimated at $30m (low) to $50m (high). Image courtesy of Christie's

Large Spool by Roy Lichtenstein estimated at $10m (low) to $15m (high). Image courtesy of Christie's

Abstraktes Bild by Gerhard Richter estimated at $7m (low) to $10m (high). Image courtesy of Christie's

Abstraktes Bild by Gerhard Richter estimated at $6m (low) to $8m (high). Image courtesy of Christie's

Campbell's Soup Can (Turkey Noodle) by Andy Warhol estimated at $6m (low) to $8m (high). Image courtesy of Christie's

Untitled (Leonardo and His Five Grotesque Heads) by Jean-Michel Basquiat estimated at $30m (low) to $50m (high). Image courtesy of Christie's

Jean-Michel Basquiat Untitled (Leonardo and His Five Grotesque Heads) (1983) is the highest-value lot announced by Christie's in its '21st Century Evening Sale' in New York on November 19.

Pre-sale low estimates total $133.7m.

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58 works are for sale.
Estimates total: $133.7m (low) and $204.1m (high), excluding premiums.
0 lots have undisclosed estimates.

The highest-value lot announced is: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled (Leonardo and His Five Grotesque Heads) (1983), which is estimated to sell for between $30m and $50m. The work is backed by a guarantee. It has been traded 6 times in the past.

Guaranteed lots

32 works are backed by guarantees, including: Roy Lichtenstein, Large Spool (1963). It is estimated to sell for between $10m and $15m. It has been traded twice in the past.

Terms and definitions

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.

All figures are accurate at time of publication.

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