Auction Blog

Christie’s auction of International Modern and Contemporary Art in Dubai realised $6,736,475 / AED 24,722,863 / €4,526,911, and was 72% sold by lot and 74% sold by value. The top lot of the sale was “Remembrance and Gratitude”, a large and spectacular diptych by Ahmed Moustafa (b.1943), which sold for $662,500 / AED 2,431,375 […]

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Dubai Auction of International Modern and Contemporary Art Realizes $6.7 Million

WWA Group, Inc. (OTCBB:WWAG) today announced that it has surpassed $1 billion in gross auction sales and that its April 20th – 22nd, 2009 auction in Dubai attracted more registered and successful bidders than any other in the company’s history.
The realization of $1 billion in gross auction sales, of which nearly $200 million was generated […]

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WWA Group Reaches $1 Billion Auction Sales Milestone at Dubai Auction

Bonhams forthcoming sale in Dubai on 24 November will feature a wide range of modern and contemporary works by Middle Eastern, Iranian, Indian and Pakistani artists. Included is a sculpture, “Mountain” made by Turner Prize winning Anish Kapoor, originally commissioned by City of Malm, in Sweden for the Bo01 exhibition.

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Anish Kapoor Sculpture for Dubai Auction