Christie's 20th Century Evening Sale Could Realize $368m

David Hockney Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy (1968) is the highest-value lot announced by Christie's in its '20th Century Evening Sale' in New York on November 17.

• Pre-sale low estimates total $368.3m.

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• 62 works are for sale.
• Estimates total: $368.3m (low) and $523.8m (high), excluding premiums.
• 0 lots have undisclosed estimates.

The highest-value lot announced is: David Hockney, Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy (1968), which is estimated to sell for between $50m and $50m. The work is backed by a guarantee. It has been traded 5 times in the past.

Guaranteed lots

33 works are backed by guarantees, including: Claude Monet, Nymphéas (1907). It is estimated to sell for between $40m and $60m. It has been traded 8 times in the past.

Withdrawn lots

Works are sometimes withdrawn from a sale, which will affect pre-sale estimates.

Terms and definitions

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.

All figures are accurate at time of publication.