Sun Xun
Magician Party (In 20 Parts)
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 HKD
Price realised: 200.000 HKD
Price realised: 200.000 HKD
Description
Sun Xun
B. 1980
MAGICIAN PARTY (IN 20 PARTS)
Executed in 2008
ink and collage on newspaper
dimensions variable
biggest: 153.5 by 40 cm; 60⅜ by 15¾ in.
smallest: 26 by 18.5 cm; 10¼ by 7¼ in.
Private Collection | Poly International Auction, Beijing, 3 June 2015, lot 4149 | Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
B. 1980
MAGICIAN PARTY (IN 20 PARTS)
Executed in 2008
ink and collage on newspaper
dimensions variable
biggest: 153.5 by 40 cm; 60⅜ by 15¾ in.
smallest: 26 by 18.5 cm; 10¼ by 7¼ in.
Private Collection | Poly International Auction, Beijing, 3 June 2015, lot 4149 | Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 33 %.
The work Magician Party (In 20 Parts) by Sun Xun was auctioned at Sothebys in Hong Kong in April 2019. It achieved a price of HKD 200,000.00 (€ 22,765.82), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 33%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Sun Xun - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work 21 G, which sold at auction in October 2015 for CNY 562,500.00 (€ 80,640.96).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 33 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Magician Party (In 20 Parts) von Sun Xun kam im April 2019 bei Sothebys in Hong Kong zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von HKD 200.000,00 (€ 22.765,82) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 33%. Für andere Arbeiten von Sun Xun mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit 21 G beobachtet, die im Oktober 2015 für CNY 562.500,00 (€ 80.640,96) versteigert wurde.