Bumper totals at Impressionist and Modern sales
SERIOUS levels of demand emerged for works at the very top end of the art market as this month’s flagship Impressionist and Modern art auction series raised a combined hammer total of £225.8m, massively up on the £108.8m for the equivalent series last year.
The £58m Giacometti at Sotheby's was just one of a number of works at the series that demonstrated a…