Isaac Julien Leads Phillips $90,600 'Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon: Charity Online Auction' in Online
3 min read · 25 Mar 2024
Black Apollo Diptych (Once Again... Statues Never Die) by Isaac Julien sold for $24,200. Image courtesy of Phillips
A work by Isaac Julien was the headline sale at Phillips 'Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon: Charity Online Auction' on March 19 in Online.
- The sale totaled $90,600, falling short of its pre-sale low estimate.
Snapshot of the sale
- 13 works sold totaling $90,600.
- Estimates totaled: $107,000 (low) and $156,700 (high), excluding premiums.
- The sell-through rate was 72% of the original 18 lots announced.
The star lot was: Isaac Julien, Black Apollo Diptych (Once Again... Statues Never Die) (2022), which sold for $24,200, 26% above its $19,100 low estimate. It has not been traded before.
The outperformer was: A Private Artist-Led Tour of Sonia Boyce exhibition plus lunch with the artist and Whitechapel Gallery Director (Undated), sold for $3,067 ($1,274 low estimate).
Breakdown of results against auction house estimates that are disclosed
- 2 works, or 15%, sold above their high estimate.
- 9 works, or 69%, sold within their low and high estimate.
- 2 works, or 15%, sold below their low estimate.
- 0 sold with undisclosed estimates.
Guaranteed sales
No sales had a guarantee.
Works that did not sell
5 works were bought-in, including: Shadi Al-Atallah, They Were Right (2023), estimated at $10,200 (low) to $15,300 (high). It has not been traded before.
Withdrawn before the sale
0 works were withdrawn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Withdrawn: This happens when a seller decides, for whatever reason, to withdraw a work before the bidding begins.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.