Marc Chagall Work Sells for $2.19m to Deliver a 2% Annualized Return
3 min read · 14 May 2025
Le Baou de Saint-Jeannet. Image courtesy of Sotheby's
Marc Chagall, Le Baou de Saint-Jeannet (1969) sold for $2.19m, more than one and a half times the low estimate at Sotheby's in New York on May 13.
The sale beat the previous auction result for this work by $885,000, equivalent to an annualized return of 2%. It last sold at auction in 2006 for $1.3m at Sotheby's.
Oil on canvas, 125.1 x 113.2cm. The work has been traded 8 times in the past.
Sale Date | Price | Price Increase | Venue | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2025-05-13 | $2.19m | 68 % | Sotheby's | New York |
2006-11-07 | $1.3m | 86 % | Sotheby's | New York |
1996-05-01 | $700,000 | -27 % | Sotheby's | New York |
1988-06-28 | $961,900 | - | Sotheby's | London |
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