Nearly $64m in Contemporary Art Sold in New York Ahead of Frieze

Sotheby's and Christie's show positive gains in mid-season sales; Christie's has 27% new buyers in first half of 2019.

Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated = $32.68m

Cecily Brown, Untitled #17 (2006) $425,000

Sotheby’s September Contemporary Curated sale was up slightly from last year’s strong event when $30.9m in art was sold. This year, Cecily Brown, Kerry James Marshall and Ed Ruscha led the sale.

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