New York Goudstikker sale results

The drama and intrigue surrounding a Nazi-looted art collection proved more compelling than its lackluster sale today at Christie's New York. Almost a third of the artworks once owned by dashing Dutch art dealer Jacques Goudstikker went unsold, on par with many ordinary art auctions but unusual for one so highly touted.

The 45 lots fetched $9.74 million, well under the $17.4 million presale high estimate. A Salomon van Ruysdael landscape that sold for $2.28 million was the top Goudstikker lot. Goudstikker's daughter-in-law Marei von Saher, a former professional figure skater from Greenwich, Connecticut, is the seller.

Turner's Glaucus and Scylla, which had been returned by the Kimball, was bought back by the Kimball for $6.42M. Top lot was a fine early Bellotto for $11M.

Posted by David on April 25, 2007 11:10 AM