Most Expensive Collectibles Sold on Christie’s July 2014‏

At the Beginning of the Month we search Christie’s Auction Results and Post the TOP 5 Auction Highlights that Sold for the highest price. This listing was one of the Top 5 sales at Christie’s month, we hope you enjoy this information as much as we enjoy posting it! Please make sure you come back periodically to see the Top Collectibles that Sold at Christie’s.

#1. Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, Egyptian Statue for The Inspector Of The Scribes Sekhemka Sold for $27,001,163.
Description: OLD KINGDOM, DYNASTY 5, CIRCA 2400-2300 B.C.
Depicted seated, wearing a tight-fitting wig with rows of carefully-cut curls, his expressive face beautifully carved with subtly modelled brows, his eyes looking slightly downward, wearing a short pleated kilt with a knotted belt and a pleated tab angled above, holding a partially unrolled papyrus scroll on his lap with a hieroglyphic inscription listing twenty-two varied offerings. 29 ½ in. (75 cm.) high; 12 ¼ in. (31.2 cm.) wide; 17 3/8 in. (44.1 cm.) deep.

 

 

#2. Study for Head of Lucian Freud by Francis Bacon Sold for $19,664,609.
Description: Francis Bacon (1909-1992). Study for Head of Lucian Freud.  titled and dated ‘Study for Head of Lucian Freud 1967’ (on the reverse),  oil on canvas  14 x 12in. (35.5 x 30.5cm.).  Painted in 1967.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#3. Gasthof by Peter Doig Sold for $16,984,897.
Description: PETER DOIG (B. 1959) Gasthof  signed, titled, inscribed and dated ‘GAST GUEST HAUS HOUSE HOF Peter Doig 2002-04 P.O.S + London’ (on the reverse)  oil on canvas  108 x 78 ¾in. (274.5 x 200cm.). Printed in 2002-2004.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#4. Venice, the Bacino di San Marco, with the Piazzetta and the Doge’s Palace by Francesco Guardi Sold for $16,918,840.
Description: Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712-1793). Venice, the Bacino di San Marco, with the Piazzetta and the Doge’s Palace  with a nineteenth-century inscription ‘De la collection du Comte de Shaftesbury’ (on the stretcher) and with inscription ‘Veduta della Palazzo Ducale di Francesco Guardi di Venezia’ (on the relining canvas, presumably transcribed from the reverse of the original canvas)  oil on canvas  27 3/8 x 40¼ in. (69.5 x 102.2 cm.).

 

 

 

 

 

#5. Self-Portrait by Andy Warhol Sold for $10,859,841.
Description: Andy Warhol (1928-1987). Self-Portrait (Fright Wig). Stamped with the Estate of Andy Warhol stamp and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts stamp and numbered ‘PA 40.021’ (on the overlap); stamped with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts stamp (on the reverse); numbered ‘PA 40.021’ (on the stretcher). Acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen  40 x 40in. (101.6 x 101.6cm.) Executed in 1986.