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Sotheby's New York Evening Sales Total $186.1M Led by Gladstone and Luxembourg Collections

market-auction · 2026-04-26

On May 15, 2025, Sotheby's New York marathon evening auction garnered $186.1 million, with 96% of items sold. This marks a 31% rise from the November 2024 auction but falls short of the $230 million achieved in May 2024. The Barbara Gladstone collection, featuring 12 lots, fetched $18.5 million, highlighted by Richard Prince's 'Man Crazy Nurse' which sold for nearly $4 million. Andy Warhol's 'Flowers' exceeded expectations, reaching $3.8 million. The Daniella Luxembourg collection totaled $40.4 million, with Lucio Fontana's 'Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio' at $14.5 million. The Now and Contemporary Evening Auction reached $127.1 million, including Jean-Michel Basquiat's 'Untitled' at $16.4 million. Sotheby's next auction is scheduled for Milan on May 28, 2025.

Key facts

  • Total sales of $186.1 million with 96% sold by lot on May 15, 2025
  • Barbara Gladstone collection sold all 12 lots for $18.5 million, exceeding high estimate
  • Daniella Luxembourg collection sold all 15 lots for $40.4 million, near high estimate
  • Top lot overall: Jean-Michel Basquiat's 'Untitled' (1981) at $16.4 million
  • Lucio Fontana's 'Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio' (1963) sold for $14.5 million
  • Michelangelo Pistoletto's 'Maria nuda' (1969) sold for $3.4 million, five times its 2004 price
  • Danielle Mckinney's 'Stand Still' (2023) sold for $279,400, far above estimate
  • New auction records for Michael Armitage ($2.4 million) and Yu Nishimura (over $400,000)

Entities

Artists

  • Barbara Gladstone
  • Daniella Luxembourg
  • Richard Prince
  • Andy Warhol
  • Alighiero Boetti
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat
  • Lucio Fontana
  • Michelangelo Pistoletto
  • Luciano Fabro
  • Pascali
  • Alexander Calder
  • Claes Oldenburg
  • Roy Lichtenstein
  • Dorothy Lichtenstein
  • Danielle Mckinney
  • Michael Armitage
  • Yu Nishimura
  • David Galperin
  • Claudia Dwek
  • Cristina Masturzo

Institutions

  • Sotheby's New York
  • Sotheby's
  • Sotheby's Europa
  • David Zwirner
  • NABA
  • Artribune

Locations

  • New York
  • United States
  • Milan
  • Italy

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