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Dorotheum Spring Auctions: Carla Accardi World Record and Top Lots

market-auction · 2026-07-11

Dorotheum's spring auction season achieved remarkable results, with a world record for Carla Accardi's three-panel wooden screen 'Pieno giorno' selling for €520,000. Artemisia Gentileschi's painting of Mary Magdalene, missing parts of the head and shoulder, fetched €837,500 in an Old Masters sale. Egon Schiele's watercolor and charcoal 'Girl Sitting with Red Hat' (1910) reached €474,500. Other notable sales include works by Martha Jungwirth, Miriam Cahn, Claude Monet's 'Waterloo Bridge' (€611,000), and Marino Marini's bronze sculpture (€565,000). In jewelry and watches, a rare 18.695-carat Kashmir sapphire brooch by Rozet & Fischmeister sold for €779,000, and a Thomas Engel pocket watch achieved €1.025 million, a record for a watch at auction in Austria.

Key facts

  • Carla Accardi's 'Pieno giorno' sold for €520,000, a world auction record.
  • Artemisia Gentileschi's 'Maddalena' sold for €837,500.
  • Egon Schiele's 'Girl Sitting with Red Hat' sold for €474,500.
  • Claude Monet's 'Waterloo Bridge' sold for €611,000.
  • Marino Marini's bronze sculpture sold for €565,000.
  • Kashmir sapphire brooch by Rozet & Fischmeister sold for €779,000.
  • Thomas Engel pocket watch sold for €1.025 million, an Austrian auction record.
  • Dorotheum is among the oldest auction houses in the world.

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Locations

  • Austria
  • Central Europe

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