Phillips New York Evening Sale Hits $67.3M, Up 24% Year-on-Year

On November 19, 2025, Phillips conducted its Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale at 432 Park Avenue in New York, generating a total of $67.3 million. The auction boasted a sell-through rate of 94% by lot and 97% by value, featuring a catalog of 33 lots that included prehistoric fossils, Impressionist pieces, and works from contemporary artists, with only two lots remaining unsold. This performance represented a 24% increase compared to November 2024. The highest-selling piece was Francis Bacon's Study for Head of Isabel Rawsthorne and George Dyer (1967), fetching $16,015,000, while Joan Mitchell's Untitled (1957-1958) sold for $14,290,000. A juvenile Triceratops skeleton reached $5,377,000, and Firelei Báez established a new auction record with Daughter of Revolutions (2014) at $645,000. The auction employed Phillips' Priority Bidding system.