PREVIEW the Autumn Season at GWPA
The autumn season at GWPA begins with PREVIEW, where we present a selection of works that are to be auctioned this season, as well as articles on various subjects around our business.
Topp ten in the Norwegian Auction Market.
December 20, 2019
In last year’s “Top ten list” of the highest prices in the Norwegian auction market, we find GWPA in the first five places.
2019 was a successful year in the Norwegian auction market with a total of six “million” sales, compared with four in 2018. We are proud of GWPA’s sale of five of the most expensive prints and paintings in the Norwegian auction market 2019, and this confirms our niche orientation and our “high-end” profile. “The Annual Norwegian Edvard Munch Sale 2019” was one of our best, and Edvard Munch also occupied the top three places in the “Top Ten” list of 2019. Several Munch works have already been submitted to the “The Annual Norwegian Edvard Munch Sale 2020”. It will be an exceptionally exciting year with the opening of the new Munch Museum. Our innovation “GWPA Online Auction” also became a success and received a positive reception from our customers. We look forward to further developing our online auction offer this year.
Top ten 2019
1 Edvard Munch, The Brooch. Eva Mudocci (1903) kr 2 200 000 G
2 Edvard Munch, Two seated Men (1905-1908) kr 2 000 000 G
3 Edvard Munch, The Brooch. Eva Mudocci (1903) kr 1 300 000 G
4 Andy Warhol, The Scream (After Munch) kr 1 250 000 G
5 Christian Skredsvig, Boy with a Fishing Rod by the Shores of Dælivannet 1889 kr 1 200 000 G
5 Arne Kavli, Summer Day in Fiskebäckskil kr 1 200 000 C
7 Edvard Munch, Alma Mater (1914) kr 860 000 G
8 Rolf Nesch, God the Father II 1941/42 kr 810 000 B
9 Kitty Kielland, After Sunset III kr 800 000 B
10 Peder Balke, Northern lights and Boats kr 710 000 B
G = Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner
B = Blomqvist
C = Christiania Auksjonsforretning
Highest Hammer Prices at GWPA, 2000-2019.
Over the past 20 years, the market’s highest Hammer Prices have most often been achieved at GWPA.
2000: Adolph Tidemand, The youngest son’s farewell 1867. Hammer price kr 4 000 000
2001: Christian Skredsvig, The blue living room at Fleskum 1890. Hammer price kr 1 200 000
2002: Hans Fredrik Gude & Adolph Tidemand, Bridal Procession on the Hardangerfjord 1853. Hammer price kr 5 100 000
2003: Adolph Tidemand, The neighbour wifes advice 1861. Hammer price kr 1 250 000
2004: Adolph Tidemand, Wolf hunters on the pasture 1854. Hammer price kr 1 850 000
2005: Edvard Munch, Madonna. 1895/1902 Woll 39 A IV. Hammer price kr 5 000 000
2006: Adolph Tidemand, Sognebud 1863. Hammer price kr 6 000 000
2007: Edvard Munch, Vampire II. 1895/1902 Woll 41. Hammer price kr 11 800 000
2008: Edvard Munch, Angst. 1896 Woll 63 II. Hammer price kr 5 000 000
2009: Edvard Munch, Head by head. 1905 Woll 268. Hammer price kr 1 300 000
2010: Edvard Munch, Madonna. 1895 Woll 29 I. Hammer price kr 3 900 000
2011: Nikolai Astrup, Midsummer Night Bonfire. Hammer price kr 3 000 000
2012: Adolph Tidemand, Charity 1852. Hammer price kr 2 500 000
2013: Edvard Munch, Madonna. 1895/1902 Woll 39 A IV 2. Hammer price kr 8 200 000
2014: Harriet Backer, From The Sandvik River 1890. Hammer price kr 2 200 000
2015: Edvard Munch, Towards the Forest I. 1897 Woll 112. Hammer price kr 2 900 000
2016: Edvard Munch, Moonlight. Night in Saint-Cloud. 1895 Woll 17 III b. Hammer price kr 720 000
2017: Edvard Munch, The Brooch. Eva Mudocci. 1903 Woll 244. Hammer price kr 2 400 000
2018: Gustav Vigeland, The Spitfire. Hammer price kr 1 100 000
2019: Edvard Munch, The Brooch. Eva Mudocci. 1903 Woll 244 I 1). Hammer price kr 2 200 000
We are specialized in Edvard Munch, therefore Munch’s artworks are dominating this list. Thus we are focused on the high-end-marked, and we do always have customers interested in 19th and 20th Century Art of high quality.
