At 19:00 on October 17, 2025, Sotheby's "Contemporary Art Day Sale" was held as scheduled in London.The total transaction amount of 98 lots in this auction reached 9.7746 million pounds, with an overall transaction rate of 82%, of which 41% of the lots were sold above the estimated price and 31% were sold within the estimated price.Anne Morris's "Stack 9, Ultramarine Blue" was sold for £635,000, becoming the top seller of the auction.

New Record:
Anne Morris breaks the artist's personal record;
Lorna Simpson sets a new record for the artist's second highest price;
Gavin Turk, Nick Goss, Lana Begum and many other artists set new records for the third highest price for an artist;
TOP1 transaction in this session:

Anne Morris's "Stack 9, Ultramarine Blue" was sold for £500,000, plus premium for £635,000.

TOP2 transactions in this session:

Gunther Förg's "Untitled" was sold for £460,000, plus £584,200 in commission.

TOP3 transactions in this session:

Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Untitled" was sold for £390,000, plus premium of £495,300.

Other lots sold:

In addition to the three most expensive lots, the auction also included many excellent works by Western artists, including Alex Katz, George Condo, Gerhard Richter, Frank Auerbach, Anselm Kiefer, Derek Fordjo, and Takashi Murakami.

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