NY Old Master results: Sotheby's $62m - Christie's $38.7m

January 27 2012

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Picture: Sotheby's

Ouch. That's quite a score. 

Sotheby's top lot was the above Saint Jerome in the Wilderness by Fra Bartolommeo, which made $4.9m. 

I've got to write and give a lecture today on valuing Old Masters, at Sotheby's Institute - so I'll post a more detailed review of the week's sales later.