Past Auction

The Little Cowboy by Russian Artist Nicolai Fechin Achieves $632,500 at Doyle New York's May 5, 2010 Sale of European Art

Wed, May 05, 2010 at 11am EDT |
New York
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Sale Totals Over $2.67 Million - Far Surpassing the Estimate of $1,158,000-1,784,000

  • Sale Totals Over $2.67 Million - Far Surpassing the Estimate of $1,158,000-1,784,000
  • Strong Prices for Bronzes and Drawings by Honore Daumier from the Estate of Albert H. Gordon
  • International Bidding Throughout the Sale, With 95% Sold by Lot and 100% by Value

On May 5, 2010, Doyle New York held a highly successful auction of European Art. The sale showcased works by a wide variety of prominent European artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. Featured in the sale was property from the Estate of Sonja Caron Stein and the Estate of Albert H. Gordon. The top lot of the auction was The Little Cowboy by Russian artist Nicolai Fechin from the Stein Estate, which fetched a staggering $632,500 -- more than doubling the pre-sale estimate of $200,000-300,000. With competitive international bidding from the salesroom, the telephones and the Internet, the sale totaled $2,673,898 -- far surpassing the pre-sale estimate of $1,158,000-1,784,000, with a stunning 95% sold by lot and 100% sold by value.

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  • Estate of Alice and Ira Weil
  • Estate of David K. Anderson, son of Martha Jackson
  • Estate of Edgar Dannenberg
  • Estate of Esther Rothman
  • Estate of Frances Wynne Callahan Dalessandro
  • Estate of Karl Lunde
  • Estate of Mary Howard de Liagre
  • Estate of Sara K. Greene
  • Estate of Sonja Caron Stein
  • Estate of Victoria Jemerin
  • Estate of Victoria Jemerin
  • Estate of Virginia Warren Daly
  • Estate of Walter and Georgette Ross
  • Estates of Sascha and Virginia Gorodnitski
  • Property from a Prominent Katonah, New York Estate
  • Property from an apartment designed by Jay Spectre
  • The Alice and Jack Fisher Collection

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