Christie's 'Clovis Trouille, Super Surréaliste' Auction Totals $4.46m
3 min read · 04 Oct 2024
Remembrance by Clovis Trouille sold for $278,200. Image courtesy of Christie's
A work by Clovis Trouille was the headline sale at Christie's 'Clovis Trouille, Super Surréaliste. Oeuvres provenant de l'atelier de l'artiste.' auction on October 3 in Paris.
- The sale totaled $4.46m (EUR4.04m), meeting the pre-sale estimate.
Snapshot of the sale
- 73 works sold totaling $4.46m.
- Estimates totaled: $3.52m (low) and $5.83m (high), excluding premiums.
- The sell-through rate was 83% of the original 88 lots announced.
The star lot was: Clovis Trouille, Remembrance (1930), which sold for $278,200, 256% above its $78,000 low estimate. It has been traded once in the past.
The outperformer sold for 2896% above its low estimate. Clovis Trouille, Sans titre (Tête de mannequin maquillée) (Undated), sold for $33,400 ($1,114 low estimate). It has been traded once in the past.
Breakdown of results against auction house estimates that are disclosed
- 22 works, or 30%, sold above their high estimate.
- 29 works, or 40%, sold within their low and high estimate.
- 22 works, or 30%, sold below their low estimate.
- 0 sold with undisclosed estimates.
Guaranteed sales
No sales had a guarantee.
Works that did not sell
15 works were bought-in, including: Clovis Trouille, Le Spectre vampyr (1931), estimated at $55,700 (low) to $89,100 (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Withdrawn before the sale
0 works were withdrawn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. 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Withdrawn: This happens when a seller decides, for whatever reason, to withdraw a work before the bidding begins.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.