At $238m, Sotheby’s enjoy their best day since 1990
Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern art sale of 83 lots on November 7 generated $238m (£131.5m) and was the auctioneers’ highest auction total since the previous Impressionist and Modern high water mark of May 1990.
Some of the works were back in the saleroom after less than a decade, but vendors were betting that …