On November 19, 2025, at 8:00 AM, Sotheby's "The Now & Contemporary Art Evening Sale" was held as scheduled in New York.The auction featured 43 lots, achieving a total sales value of US$180 million and a 95% sell-through rate. Of these, 58% of the lots sold above their estimates, and 21% sold within their estimates.Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Crowns (Peso Neto)" sold for $48.335 million, becoming the top-selling item of the auction.

New record:
Cecily Brown, Antonio Oppa, Robert Alice, Yu Xicun, Jess and many other artists broke their personal records;
Several artists, including Maurizio Cattelan, Raymond Patiburn, and Henry Taylor, set new records for the second-highest prices ever paid for an artist.
Hermute | Newton sets a new record for the third highest price ever paid by an artist;
 

A total of 3 lots were sold for over ten million US dollars and 32 lots were sold for over one million US dollars.Among them, Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Crowns (Peso Neto)" sold for $48,335,000, Yves Klein's "Sculpture Éponge Bleue Sans Titre (Se 167)" sold for $20,275,000, and Maurizio's "America" sold for $12,110,000.

Top-selling item in this session:

Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Crowns (Peso Neto)" sold for $41.5 million at hammer price, or $48.335 million including commission.

Top 2 in sales this session:

Yves Klein's "Sculpture Éponge Bleue Sans Titre (Se 167)" sold for $17.1 million at hammer price, or $20.275 million including commission.

Top 3 transactions in this session:

The Maurizio-Caterland America sold for $10 million, or $12.11 million including commission.

Several artists broke auction records

Other items sold at auction:

In addition to the top three most expensive lots, the sale also includes masterpieces by numerous artists, including Mark Tansai, Donald Judd, Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jeff Koons.

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