Download the HENI News app

Toulouse-Lautrec Leads Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr $52,800 'Posters Online' Auction

3 min read  ·  09 Oct 2024

DIVAN JAPONAIS by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec sold for $12,000.
Image courtesy of Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr

DIVAN JAPONAIS by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec sold for $12,000. Image courtesy of Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr

A work by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was the headline sale at Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr 'Posters Online' auction on October 8.

  • The sale totaled $52,800 (EUR48,100), falling short of its pre-sale low estimate.

Snapshot of the sale

  • 35 works sold totaling $52,800.
  • Estimates totaled: $248,700 (low) and $339,800 (high), excluding premiums.
  • The sell-through rate was 25% of the original 139 lots announced.

The star lot was: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, DIVAN JAPONAIS (1893), which sold for $12,000, 80% above its $6,623 low estimate.

The outperformer sold for 167% above its low estimate. Alo, CIDNA (Undated), sold for $5,905 ($2,208 low estimate).

Breakdown of results against auction house estimates that are disclosed

Breakdown of results against auction house estimates that are disclosed

  • 14 works, or 40%, sold above their high estimate.
  • 21 works, or 60%, sold within their low and high estimate.
  • 0 works, or 0%, sold below their low estimate.
  • 0 sold with undisclosed estimates.

Guaranteed sales

No sales had a guarantee.

Works that did not sell

104 works were bought-in, including: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, REINE DE JOIE (1892), estimated at $33,100 (low) to $44,200 (high).

Withdrawn before the sale

0 works were withdrawn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Withdrawn: This happens when a seller decides, for whatever reason, to withdraw a work before the bidding begins.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