Cesar Leads Christie's $1.14m Vanthournout Collection Online Sale

A work by Cesar was the headline sale at Christie's 'Modern Visionaries: The Roger & Josette Vanthournout Collection – Online Sale' on February 25-March 12 in London.

• The sale totaled $1.14m (GBP846,600), exceeding the pre-sale high estimate.

Snapshot of the sale

• 110 works sold totaling $1.14m.
• Estimates totaled: $612,800 (low) and $909,300 (high), excluding premiums.
• The sell-through rate was 85% of the original 130 lots announced.

The star lot was: Cesar, Le Sein (The Breast) (1967), which sold for $93,900, 2207% above its $4,067 low estimate. It has not been traded before.

The outperformer sold for 2207% above its low estimate. Cesar, Le Sein (The Breast) (1967), sold for $93,900 ($4,067 low estimate). It has not been traded before.

• 61 works, or 55%, sold above their high estimate.
• 19 works, or 17%, sold within their low and high estimate.
• 30 works, or 27%, sold below their low estimate.
• 0 sold with undisclosed estimates.

Guaranteed sales

No sales had a guarantee.

Works that did not sell

20 works were bought-in, including: Richard Tuttle, Untitled (1986), estimated at $20,300 (low) to $27,100 (high). It has been traded twice 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Withdrawn before the sale

0 works were withdrawn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Withdrawn: This happens when a seller decides, for whatever reason, to withdraw a work before the bidding begins.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