You can find a list of the top sales this November below. These 10 works alone, nine of which come from Paul Allen’s collection, totaled $958 million. The only previous season that gets close to that number is the November 2017 sales, which included a $450 million Leonardo.
10. $52 million for Edouard Manet’s Le Grand Canal à Venise from 1874
The work carried a presale estimate of $50 million and sold at Christie’s.
9. $55 million for Jasper Johns’s Small False Start, from 1960
The work carried a presale estimate of $50 million and sold at Christie’s.
8. $65 million for Claude Monet’s Waterloo Bridge, Soleil Voilé from 1899-1903
The work carried a presale estimate of $60 million and sold at Christie’s.
7. $85 million for Andy Warhol’s White Disaster [White Car Crash 19 Times] from 1963
The work carried a presale estimate of $80 million and sold at Sotheby’s.
6. $86 million for Lucian Freud’s Large Interior, W11 (after Watteau) from 1981-83
The work carried a presale estimate of $75 million and sold at Christie’s.
5. $105 million for Gustav Klimt’s Birch Forest from 1903
The work carried a presale estimate of $90 million and sold at Christie’s.
4. $106 million for Paul Gauguin’s Maternité II from 1899
The work carried a presale estimate of $90 million and sold at Christie’s.
3. $117 million for Vincent van Gogh’s Verger Avec Cyprès from 1888
The work carried a presale estimate of $100 million and sold at Christie’s.
2. $138 million for Paul Cezanne’s La Montagne Sainte-Victoire from 1888-90
The work carried a presale estimate of $120 million and sold at Christie’s.
1. $149 million for Georges Seurat’s Les Poseuses, Ensemble (Petite version) from 1888
The work carried a presale estimate of $100 million and sold at Christie’s.
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