London Greek Auction Breaks World Records
Published May 25th, 2008
Bonhams twelfth sale of Greek pictures realised a total of £4,623,580. which was £2million over the pre sale low estimate, making 12 new world records for Greek pictures.
The following list of artists achieved record prices for their work:
Cassas – £180,000
Pantazis – £356,000
Tsingos – two top records £72,000 & £105,600
Sikeliotis – £20,400
Coulendianos – £27,600
Condopoulos – £105,600
Samios – £48,000
Filopoulou – £22,800
Solidakis £14,400
Leventis – £37,200
Georgas – £14,400
Fotopoulos –£27,600
Top item in this sale was Lot 36, a painting by Theodore Jaques Ralli (Greek, 1852 -1909) ‘Praying before the communion at Megara’ which had been estimated to sell for £240,000 to £400,000 but which made £692,000.
Second highest price in the sale was Lot 37, Pericles Pantazis (Greek 1849/50-1884) titled `Mauvaise recette’, sold for £356,000 against a pre-sale estimate of £250,000 to £350,000. Third highest in the sale was Lot 72 by Theofilios Hadjimichail (1867-1934) ‘Kariskakis Camp in Pireaus, 1827 which achieved a sale price of ££216,000 against an estimate of £100,000 to £150,000.
