Sotheby's Antiquities Ancient Artifacts 12/5/07

Sale N08373 Egyptian, Classical & Western Asiatic Antiquities

05 DEC 07

Grand Total (Including Buyer's Premium):

RECORD FOR A SALE OF ANTIQUITIES

Exch Rate:

Sold by Lot:

Lots Offered:

old by Value:

Lots Sold/Unsold:

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Some Examples From The Catalog:

Lot

Price (USD)

Estimate (USD)

Buyer 30

$57,161,000 (£27,819,633)

$14,000,000 - 18,000,000

English Buyer

The Guennol Lioness, Elam, circa 3000-2800 B.C. **RECORD FOR ANY SCULPTURE AT AUCTION**

**RECORD FOR AN ANTIQUITY AT AUCTION**

 32

$1,217,000 (£592,301)

$400,000 – 600,000

Anonymous

Alabaster Figure of a Woman, Southern Arabia, circa 3^{rd/1st Century B.C.}

50

$965,000 (£469,655)

$300,000 – 500,000

Anonymous

Monumental Marble Head of Zeus, Early Roman Imperial, circa early 1st Century A.D.

79

$629,000 (£306,127)

$300,000 – 500,000

Anonymous

Marble Portrait Head of the Emperor Claudius, Roman Imperial, A.D. 41-54

69

$481,000 (£234,097)

$70,000 – 100,000

Anonymous

Marble Figure of a Woman, Roman Imperial, circa 1st Century A.D.

68

$385,000 (£187,375)

$125,000 – 175,000

European Private Collector

Marble Head of a Youth, Roman Imperial, circa late 2nd/early 3rd Century A.D.

77

$349,000 (£169,854)

$150,000 – 250,000

American Private Collector

Marble Bust of the Eros of Centocelle, Roman Imperial, circa A.D. 120-180

18

$325,000 (£158,174)

$200,000 – 300,000

Anonymous

Granite Figure of a Man, early 12th Dynasty reign of Sesostris I, 1918-1875 B.C.

78

$157,000 (£76,410)

$40,000 – 60,000

Anonymous

Marble Head of Hermes or Dionysos, Roman Imperial, circa late 1st Century A.D.

24

$109,000 (£53,049)

$15,000 – 25,000

Anonymous

Black Basalt Obelisk Fragment, 18th/22nd Dynasty, 1540-716 B.C.

Credit: Stoheby's Press 

Domestic

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