It’s fascinating to see how much high-end art gets sold for at auction. How wonderful that Georgia O’Keeffe’s painting Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 went for over $44m yesterday at Sotheby’s, New York. It’s about time a female artist moved into the higher echelons of the most expensive artworks ever sold list. The sale price was three times the previous world auction record for any female artist. You don’t have to be super wealthy to see works of art sold by Sotheby’s, as you can both view online, and attend a preview day. If you actually want to bid on one, well it may mean showing your bank balance, but to just see them, that’s free. If you feel interloper discomfort, remember current public interest swells the sale value. Below we take a look at some of the very recent plant art sales at Sotheby’s worldwide, with estimated value and final sale price shown.
Jimson Weed by Georgia O’Keeffe, 1932
Auctioned at Sotheby’s New York on 15 November 2014 in American Art
Estimate $10,000,000 — 15,000,000 Sale price $44,405,000
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Primroses and Goldenrod, by Fairfield Porter, 1975
Auctioned at Sotheby’s New York on 15 November 2014 in American Art
Estimate $80,000 — 120,000 Sale price $106,250
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Greenhouse Interior by Sir Stanley Spencer R.A., c.1935
Auctioned at Sotheby’s London on 18-19 November 2014 in Modern & Post-War British Art
Estimate £180,000 — 250,000 Not Sold
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Spring Landscape by Winifred Nicholson, c.1935
Auctioned at Sotheby’s London on 18-19 November 2014 in Modern & Post-War British Art
Estimate £50,000 — 70,000 Sale Price £60,000
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Path in Epping Forest by Lucien Pissarro, 1894-95
Auctioned at Sotheby’s London on 18-19 November 2014 in Modern & Post-War British Art
Estimate £8,000 — 12,000 Sale Price £8,750
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Magnolia by Man Ray, 1926
Auctioned at Sotheby’s Paris on 15 November 2014 in Man Ray
Estimate €30,000 — 40,000 Sale Price €30,000
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Tulip by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1984
Auctioned at Sotheby’s Paris 14 November 2014 in Photographies
Estimate €20,000 — 30,000 Sale Price €20,000
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Lion Under Leaning Tree, Masai Mara by Nick Brandt, 2008
Auctioned at Sotheby’s Paris 14 November 2014 in Photographies
Estimate €8,000 — 12,000 Sale Price €9,375
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Flowers by Andy Warhol, 1965
Auctioned at Sotheby’s New York 12 November 2014 in Contemporary Art Day Auction
Estimate $100,000 — 150,000 Sale Price $100,000
Palm by Wayne Theibaud, 1965
Auctioned at Sotheby’s New York 12 November 2014 in Contemporary Art Day Auction
Estimate $50,000 — 70,000 Sale Price $197,000
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Pumpkin by Yayoi Kusama, 1995
Auctioned at Sotheby’s New York 12 November 2014 in Contemporary Art Day Auction
Estimate $60,000 — 80,000 Sale Price $161,000
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