A major auction of 170 lots by Bonhams New York on May 10 brought in total sale proceeds in excess of $1.2 million, in line with the presale high total estimate.
Four of the prints Lucien Clergue's Picasso à la cigarette à la Californie, Cannes (1956), Flor Garduño's Basket of Light, Sumpango, Guatemala (1989), Richard Avedon's Humphrey Bogart, Actor, New York (1953), and Irving Penn's Alfred Hitchcock, New York, May 23 19477)—sold for at least double their presale high estimates.
I Want to Be an Artist (1996), the first of his vases to be sold at auction, fetched £36,000, more than twice the presale estimate.
The Force Awakens had already previously demolished the record for presale tickets, with insiders estimating a total of $100M earned in the US.
Members of adele.com in the UK and Europe received an email on Friday with instructions on how to access presale tickets on Sunday 6 December.
Fans reported difficulties buying tickets during both the presale and general sales last week.
Word of the weak presale spread, and scared a few investors enough for them to flee the production.
Sales catalogs became more accessible, and the publication of presale estimates was introduced to encourage private buyers.
A growing number of postings for so-called presale dresses have popped up among the listings on sites like oncewed.com, preownedweddingdresses.com and woreitonce.com.com
The Cubs said they introduced the presale for fans with specific dates in mind -- like a game on someone's birthday.
HONG KONG — Auctions by Sotheby's are setting new records for Asian artists, exceeding presale expectations, and raised a total of $41 million Monday alone.
