Showing posts with label Latin American. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Latin American. Show all posts

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Auction Guessing 1: Estimating the Results of Christie's Latin American Auction Based on Sotheby's

Sotheby's recently concluded its 2011 auction of Latin American art, with sessions on the 25th at 7 p.m. and the 26th at 10 a.m. In this post I use the results of that auction to estimate the forthcoming results of Christie's Latin American art auction, which has sessions on the 26th at 6:30 pm (NY time) and the 27th at 10 a.m.

I apply a very basic model based on the sold price/mean estimate ratio of works by specific artists, just to see how this compares to the eventual results. After the auction I will compare these revised estimates with their actual price.