As the art world awaits to see how the global market downturn will affect the art market, MutualArt looked back over the first six months of the year with a review of the top lots so far.
Top 10 best selling lots:
£26,697,250 - Francesco Guardi, Venice, a view of the Rialto Bridge, Looking North, from the Fondamenta del Carbon, late 1760s
£25,241,251 - Pablo Picasso, La Lecture, 1932
£24,681,250 - Egon Schiele, HAUSER MIT BUNTER WASCHE (VORSTADT II), 1914
$38,442,500 - Andy Warhol, Self Portrait in four parts, 1963-64
£25,241,251 - Pablo Picasso, La Lecture, 1932
£24,681,250 - Egon Schiele, HAUSER MIT BUNTER WASCHE (VORSTADT II), 1914
$38,442,500 - Andy Warhol, Self Portrait in four parts, 1963-64
£23,001,250 - Francis Bacon, Three Studies for Portrait of Lucien Freud, 1964
£22,441,250 - George Stubbs, Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath, with a trainer, a jockey and stable lad, 1765
$33,682,500 - Mark Rothko, Untitled No.17, 1961
£22,441,250 - George Stubbs, Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath, with a trainer, a jockey and stable lad, 1765
$33,682,500 - Mark Rothko, Untitled No.17, 1961
$29,202,500 - Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, The meeting of Antony and Cleopatra: 41 BC, 1883
£17,961,250 -Pablo Picasso, Femme assise, robe bleue, 1939
£17,961,250 - Francis Bacon, Study for a Portrait, 1953
£17,961,250 -Pablo Picasso, Femme assise, robe bleue, 1939
£17,961,250 - Francis Bacon, Study for a Portrait, 1953
