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"Auction Results from Christie's, Phillips, Sotheby's, and More\nKey results and fascinating finds from the latest sales around the world\nSold at Heritage Auctions, \"U.S. Coins Signature Auction\" (Schaumburg, Illinois, April 25)\n\nOne of only five such examples known to exist, this Liberty Head comes from the last run of the coin, which was replaced in 1913 with a buffalo design. In 1962, the nickel's then-owner, George Walton, was en route to a numismatic convention with it when he was killed in a car crash. Though the coin was recovered from the scene and returned to his family, it was soon thereafter mistaken for a counterfeit. Reappraised in 2003 and identified as the real thing, the coin achieved $2.7 million against a $2.5 million estimate.\nSold at Bonhams, \"Islamic and Indian Art\" (London, April 23)\n\nConnoisseurs perked up at the appearance of two rare Iznik vessels on the auction block. Dating from the golden age of the Ottoman Empire, the items came with a sales invoice from 1919, when they were bought jointly from a London antiques dealer for the then-substantial sum of \u00A3510 (about $2,000). Of the two pieces, which were sold by Bonhams as separate lots, this one-foot-tall surahi (or pitcher) aroused the greater interest. Distinguished by its red saz-leaf motif, it brought a stunning $580,000, eclipsing the $107,000 high estimate.\nSold at Sotheby's, \"Contemporary Art Evening Auction\" (New York, May 14)\n\nThis painted-aluminum wall sculpture was one of 25 works sold to benefit the Whitney Museum of American Art's new Renzo Piano\u2013designed building, which is under construction in downtown Manhattan and scheduled to open in 2015. Kelly\u2014who is celebrating his 90th birthday this year, with several exhibitions timed to the milestone\u2014donated the vibrant trapezoidal piece, an artist's copy from an edition of three. Modeled in form and color after his proposal for a grass-covered park at the World Trade Center site, the roughly 22-by-50-inch panel sold for $620,000 (est. $400,000\u2013$600,000). The overall sale, meanwhile, realized a total of $19.1 million, including buyers' premiums.\nSold at Phillips, \"Design\" (London, April 25)\n\nEver since Newson's aerodynamic Lockheed Lounge chair broke the million- dollar mark in 2007, the iconoclast's limited-edition works have remained at the forefront of the high-end contemporary design market. This auction featured three Newson pieces, all forms that debuted in his seminal \"Wormhole\" solo exhibition during the 1994 Milan furniture fair. Phillips specialist Alex Heminway notes that their streamlined silhouettes \"each have their genesis in the Lockheed.\" Leading the group was the aluminum Orgone lounge chair, which sold for $313,000, just surpassing its $305,000 high estimate.\nSold at Christie's, \"Post-War &amp;amp; Contemporary Art Evening Sale\" (New York, May 15)\n\nAt the most profitable auction in history\u2014with total sales of $495 million\u2014the biggest buzz was arguably over this large Basquiat painting (measuring six by seven feet), which epitomizes the artist's raw, expressive style during the height of his career. The canvas easily set a new record for Basquiat, hammering for a whopping $43.5 million against a $25\u201335 million estimate. The previous high, established only last November, was a comparatively humble $23.5 million."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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