Sotheby's December 2007 Antiquities auction results

Sotheby's

The Auction Results page can be reached at the above URL. Navigate in the list to the auction "Antiquities", December 5th 2007. You will need to be registered to access the Results page (free of charge). You will then be able to see each item and how much it sold for (in US dollars).

Stan Parchin attended the auction and reports on the the final result of the bids for the Lioness at the auction, which he attended:

On December 5, 2007 at Sotheby's NY, the Guennol Lioness was purchased for $57,161,000 by an anonymous English bidder. The transaction set a world record for an antiquity and any sculpture sold by an auction house.

It sold for over three times its guide price. It is very sad that it went into private hands, but it was good to have a brief glimpse of it. See the above page for Stan Parchin's background story about the Lioness.