History of Kahlo Painting Sales
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April 1977 - Auctioned at Sotheby's with an estimated selling price of $20,000 - $30,000 and a minimum sale price of $20,000. The painting failed to reach the minimum sale price but was sold anyway to the highest bidder. |
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1979 - Auctioned at Sotheby's
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1988 - Auctioned at Sotheby's
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1990 - Auctioned
at Sotheby's, New York. This sale made Frida the first Latin-American
artist to command more than $1 million for a single work.
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1982 - Sold by Mary-Anne Martin Gallery in Manhattan, NYC, to Louise Noun
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1989 - This painting was auctioned by Sotheby's with an estimated selling bid of $120,000 - $160,000. It sold for $506,000 to Mary Anne Martin, the owner of a New York Art Gallery that specialized in Latin American Art. The pop star "Madonna", who at the time was buying and collecting Kahlo art, was the underbidder. |
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1992 - Auctioned at Christie's, New York
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May 1995 - Auctioned at Sotheby's, New York |
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May 1996 - Auctioned at Sotheby's, New York |
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Nov 2000 - Auctioned at Sotheby's |
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| May 2001 -This painting was auctioned with an estimated selling price of $800,000 to $1,200,000. It failed to sell and was passed at $500,000. |
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May 2003 - Auctioned at Christie's New York |
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Nov 2003 - Auctioned
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Dec 2003 - This painting was up for auction on eBay with a starting bid of $3,000,000. The auction closed with no bids. Nov 2004 - This painting was up for auction by Sotheby's. It failed to sell and was passed at $775,000.
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May 2006 - This painting was auctioned at Sotheby's in New York setting a new record for the artist. It was sold to an anonymous phone bidder. Rumors within the art world say that the anonymous buyer was the pop star "Madonna". |
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