Sotheby's - 100% sale of masterpieces from the collection Floors Melln

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In new York in the evening of 10 November, the first of three sessions of the sale of a property from the collection of Mrs. Floors Mellon - Masterworks from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon.

At the auction there was a sharp increase of more than $ 38 million above assessment has resulted in $ 158 700 000 and sale of all 43 lots, has achieved legendary status of "white gloves".
Collectors from 32 countries on four continents fought for furniture Diego Giacometti, rare drawings of Georges Seurat and auction - paintings of Mark Rothko and Richard Diebenkorn.
Painting Rothko "untitled" 1970 (lot 6) was sold for 39,925,000 USD, and it UNTITLED (YELLOW, ORANGE, YELLOW, LIGHT ORANGE) 1955 - 36,565,000 USD.