Theodore Gericault Work Sells for $69,800 to Deliver a 2% Annualized Return

Theodore Gericault, A sleeping fishmonger (Le marchand de poissons endormie), sold for $69,800, more than one and a half times the low estimate at Christie's in New York on February 5.

The sale beat the previous auction result for this work by $37,900, equivalent to an annualized return of 2%. It last sold at auction in 1997 for $32,000 at Christie's.

Pen and black lithographic ink, on prepared stone paper, 15.5 x 34.8cm. The work has been traded 3 times in the past.