Sotheby's Emmanuel de Bayser Collection Auction Totals $10.54m
3 min read · 11 Jun 2026
Mouton Transhumant by François-Xavier Lalanne sold for $576,000. Image courtesy of Sotheby's
A work by François-Xavier Lalanne was the headline sale at Sotheby's 'Of Form and Color: Art and Design from the Emmanuel de Bayser Collection' auction on June 10 in New York.
- The sale totaled $10.54m, exceeding the pre-sale high estimate.
Snapshot of the sale
- 196 works sold totaling $10.54m.
- Estimates totaled: $5.25m (low) and $7.55m (high), excluding premiums.
- The sell-through rate was 97% of the original 202 lots announced.
The star lot was: François-Xavier Lalanne, Mouton Transhumant (1988), which sold for $576,000, 130% above its $250,000 low estimate. It has been traded twice in the past.
"Oiseau Bleu" by François-Xavier Lalanne sold for $256,000 (924% above estimate). Image courtesy of Sotheby's
The outperformer sold for 924% above its low estimate. François-Xavier Lalanne, "Oiseau Bleu" (1979), sold for $256,000 ($25,000 low estimate). It has been traded once in the past.
- 149 works, or 76%, sold above their high estimate.
- 45 works, or 23%, sold within their low and high estimate.
- 2 works, or 1%, sold below their low estimate.
- 0 sold with undisclosed estimates.
Guaranteed sales
No sales had a guarantee.
Works that did not sell
6 works were bought-in, including: Gunther Forg, Untitled (1993), estimated at $100,000 (low) to $150,000 (high). It has been traded 3 times 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Withdrawn before the sale
0 works were withdrawn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. 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Withdrawn: This happens when a seller decides, for whatever reason, to withdraw a work before the bidding begins.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.
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