Truong Tan Leads Bonhams $57,800 'Southeast Asian Modern and Contemporary Online' Auction

A work by Truong Tan was the headline sale at Bonhams 'Southeast Asian Modern and Contemporary Online' auction on September 30.

• The sale totaled $57,800 (HKD449,100), meeting the pre-sale estimate.

Snapshot of the sale

• 29 works sold totaling $57,800.
• Estimates totaled: $47,600 (low) and $73,300 (high), excluding premiums.
• The sell-through rate was 78% of the original 37 lots announced.

The star lot was: Truong Tan, Two paintings Men and String (Undated), which sold for $4,944, 285% above its $1,282 low estimate. It has not been traded before.

The outperformer sold for 517% above its low estimate. Luu Cong Nhan, Four drawings of a woman (1998), sold for $3,956 ($641 low estimate). It has been traded 3 times in the past.

• 13 works, or 45%, sold above their high estimate.
• 7 works, or 24%, sold within their low and high estimate.
• 9 works, or 31%, sold below their low estimate.
• 0 sold with undisclosed estimates.

Guaranteed sales

No sales had a guarantee.

Works that did not sell

8 works were bought-in, including: Tran Van Tho, Mother and Son (Undated), estimated at $2,308 (low) to $3,590 (high).

Withdrawn before the sale

0 works were withdrawn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. Estimates, sale prices and totals are converted into US dollars. 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Withdrawn: This happens when a seller decides, for whatever reason, to withdraw a work before the bidding begins.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.