A Jean Paul Lemieux classic has sold for a record-breaking price at the Heffel Fine Auction House's fall sale.
Bidding for “Nineteen Ten Remembered” reached $2-million, with the purchaser paying $2.34-million in total after adding a buyer's premium.
A Jean Paul Lemieux classic has sold for a record-breaking price at the Heffel Fine Auction House's fall sale. Bidding for “Nineteen Ten Remembered” reached $2-million, with the purchaser paying $2.34-million in total after adding a buyer's premium. The auction house says the painting becomes the most expensive post-war Canadian work, surpassing an untitled Jean-Paul Riopelle that sold for $1,889,000 in 2008. The auction house says the painting becomes the most expensive post-war Canadian work, surpassing an untitled Jean-Paul Riopelle that sold for $1,889,000 in 2008.
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ReplyDeleteActually the final price is $2,620,800. You can't forget the taxes...