Modern Art

Out of 150 lots, bronzes and works by Andy Warhol's factory were most popular, as were works of the earlier and later 20th century from all around the world. August Gaul's 'The Owls' (lot 204, estimate €5,800 – 6,500) received €6,800 from a collector who had traveled in from abroad. The same gentleman secured himself a late watercolor by Erich Heckel, a view of the Swiss Alps, for €5,400 (lot 207, estimate €2,900 – 3,000).

'Dog' and 'Bird' after F. Botero went for €10,500 respectively €10,000 into the neighboring foreign countries (lots 243, 244, estimates €1,200 – 1,300 each).

'Six ducks at the shores of a pond', by Arthur Nisio, having been bought at Ernst Binder gallery, Munich, went to Brazil, the artist's adopted country, for €6,500 (lot 216, estimate €5,300 – 5,800). The 'Fragment' by Polish painter Jan Berdyszak, from the early 1980s, will be back in its country of origin for €5,000 (lot 240, estimate €6,000 – 6,500) and an oil painting by Thai artist Soonpongsri Kamchorn received a four-digit Euro price (€1,500, lot 263, estimate €450-500).