Salvador Dali Work Sells for $114,300 to Deliver a 9% Annualized Return

Salvador Dali Work Sells for $114,300 to Deliver a 9% Annualized Return

3 min read  ·  18 Nov 2025

Biblia Sacra: Saint Jean le Baptiste (Lucas 1 & Matthaeus 11). Image courtesy of Christie's

Biblia Sacra: Saint Jean le Baptiste (Lucas 1 & Matthaeus 11). Image courtesy of Christie's

Salvador Dali, Biblia Sacra: Saint Jean le Baptiste (Lucas 1 & Matthaeus 11) (1964) sold for $114,300, more than four and a half times the low estimate at Christie's in New York on November 18.

The sale beat the previous auction result for this work by $66,800, equivalent to an annualized return of 9%. It last sold at auction in 2015 for $47,500 at Christie's.

Gouache, watercolor, decalcomania and sanguine on paper, 47.2 x 35.2cm. The work has been traded once in the past.

Sale Date
Price
Price Increase
Venue
City
November 18, 2025
$114,300
141 %
Christie's
New York
October 08, 2020
-
-
Christie's
New York
November 13, 2015
$47,500
-
Christie's
New York
June 24, 2015
-
-
Christie's
London

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