The November auctions are brimming with captivating artworks, offering a diverse range of styles and periods. This year's sales feature a remarkable concentration of top-tier pieces, with Sotheby's dominating the top end. The market is characterized by selective confidence, showcasing a blend of 19th-, 20th-, and 21st-century masterpieces. The sales reflect a healthy appetite for blue-chip art, with estimates surpassing $1.5 billion across Phillips, Sotheby's, and Christie's. The season's top lots include Klimt's 'Bildnis Elisabeth Lederer', Monet's 'Nymphéas', van Gogh's 'Piles de romans parisiens et roses dans une verre', Picasso's 'La Lecture (Marie-Thérèse)', Rothko's 'No. 31 (Yellow Stripe)', Kahlo's 'El sueño (La cama)', Basquiat's 'Crowns (Peso Neto)', Mondrian's 'Composition with Red and Blue', Munch's 'Sankthansnatt (Midsummer Night)', Ernst's 'Le roi jouant avec la reine', Klein's 'Sculpture éponge bleue sans titre (SE 167)', Bacon's 'Study for Head of Isabel Rawsthorne and George Dyer', Matisse's 'Figure et bouquet (Tête ocre)', Kline's 'Placidia', Mitchell's 'Untitled', Martin's 'The Garden', and a rare dinosaur skeleton, Cera, a juvenile Triceratops skeleton, which is attracting attention in the market.
