Yayoi Kusama

The Me that I Adore (The Grand Set)

Found at Sothebys, London
From Japan with Love, Lot 83
30. Sep - 6. Oct 2021
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.820 GBP
Yayoi Kusama
b. 1929
The Me that I Adore (The Grand Set)
The complete set of 20 finebone china teaware, comprising six tea cup and saucer pairs, six cake plates, one tea pot, and one heart-shaped plate, 2013, each piece with the artist's stamped signature on the underside, dated and titled, numbered 93, from the edition of 500, manufactured by Nikko Company for the Mori Arts Center Museum Shop, Mori Building Co., Ltd., to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Roppongi Hills and the Mori Art Museum, contained in individual red fabric covered boxes, in the original red velvet case with gold lettering
overall (velvet case): 295 by 395 by 395mm 11½ by 15½ by 15½in

Upper estimate price exceeded by 47 %.

The work The Me that I Adore (The Grand Set) by Yayoi Kusama was sold in the From Japan with Love auction at Sothebys in London in October 2021. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 8,820.00 (€ 10,449.32), 47% above the upper estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Yayoi Kusama achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Pumpkin in April this year with an auction result of HKD 30,000,000.00 (€ 30,635,869.57).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 47 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit The Me that I Adore (The Grand Set) von Yayoi Kusama wurde im Oktober 2021 in der Auktion From Japan with Love bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 8.820,00 (€ 10.449,32) und damit 47% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Yayoi Kusama erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Pumpkin im April diesen Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 30.000.000,00 (€ 30.635.869,57).

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