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SOTHEBY鈥橲, LONDON, December 9, 2010 鈥� Sotheby鈥檚 December series of Old Master & British Paintings sales in London concluded yesterday having realised an overall total of 拢27,991,125/$44,040,725/鈧�33,454,918, which is comfortably within pre-sale expectations. Wednesday night鈥檚 Evening Sale 鈥� which realised 拢23,577,700 and established a new auction record for the British master George Stubbs 鈥� was followed by yesterday鈥檚 Day Sale, which brought 拢4,413,525. These sales bring the total for worldwide sales of Old Master & British Pictures at Sotheby鈥檚 this year to $242,035,521 - a figure which sees Sotheby鈥檚 continue its domination in the field of Old Master Paintings for a tenth successive year. Sotheby鈥檚 has also dominated in the combined category of Old Master & British Paintings since British Paintings were first introduced to its Old Master Evening Sales in 2007.

The undoubted highlight of this year鈥檚 December sale series was George Stubbs's Brood Mares and Foals, one of the British master鈥檚 most ambitious and successful works and arguably his finest painting ever to come to the market. The painting, which made its first ever appearance on the open market, sold for 拢10,121,250 / $15,906,556 / 鈧�12,096,885, a price that represents a new auction record for a work by the British master, by a wide margin. (The 听previous auction record for a work by George Stubbs was 拢3,191,500 / $5,079,579 and this was set by his Portrait of The Royal Tiger, which sold in June 1995).听

Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale 鈥� Wednesday, December 8听

• Totaled: 拢23,577,600
• Pre-sale estimate: 拢20,360,000-30,030,000
• 73% Sold by Lot and 93% Sold by Value听
• Buyer breakdown: UK (38%), Rest of Europe (40%), USA (13%), Asia (6%), Rest of World听(3%)听

Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale 鈥� Thursday, December 9听

• Totaled: 拢4,413,525听
• Pre-sale estimate: 拢3,522,000-5,178,000听
• 59% Sold by Lot and 76% Sold by Value听

Discussing the results of the series and the year, Alex Bell, International Department Head and Co-Chairman of Old听Master Paintings Worldwide, said: 听

鈥淥ur sales this week end what has been another very successful year for the Old Master market at Sotheby鈥檚. As in New York in January and London in July, we鈥檝e once again this week seen exceptional works of art - with strong and striking images and good provenance - perform very well and in many cases establish new benchmark prices. In July we led the Old Master sales season with Turner鈥檚 Modern Rome - Campo Vaccino, while Stubbs鈥檚 Brood Mares and Foals has been the undoubted star of the show this week. We鈥檙e delighted to see that the Old Master market is experiencing an even greater international reach, with buyers from Russia and China, in particular, showing an ever increasing interest in the field. These are exciting developments for the Old Master market.鈥澨�

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS OF OLD MASTER & BRITISH PAINTINGS AT SOTHEBY鈥橲 IN 2010 听

New York in January 2010:听

• Sir Anthony van Dyck鈥檚 Two Studies of a Bearded Man, which sold for $7.2 million听
• Hendrick Goltzius鈥檚 restituted masterpiece Jupiter and Antiope, which brought $6.8 million
• A pair of Venice scenes by Canaletto brought $3.9 million听
• A Portrait of a Woman, called 鈥楲a Belle Ferronni猫re鈥� by a Follower of Leonardo da Vinci tripled its high听estimate to sell for $1.5 million
• The dedicated sale of Old Master Drawings totaled $3.3 million

London in July 2010:

• J.M.W. Turner鈥檚 masterpiece Modern Rome 鈥� Campo Vaccino sold to Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox on behalf of听The J. Paul Getty Museum in California for 拢29.7 million 鈥� a record for the artist at auction a record for the artist at auction a record for the artist at auction 听听听
• Three works by the great Brueghel dynasty all performed well and brought a combined total of 拢5.7 million听
• Jan Lievens study of the head and shoulders of an old bearded man wearing a cap sold for 拢2.5 million听
• The two Old Master Drawings sales (the various owner sale and Master Drawings from a Distinguished听European Collection) realised an overall total of 拢4.9 million