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Bernardo Bellotto s View of Verona with the Ponte delle Navi Courtesy of Christie s
Tonight s evening auction at Christie s in London has probably renewed some faith in the Old Master paintings market after a fairly dire sale at Sotheby s last night.
Christie s sale was a more valuable and altogether better quality. Estimated to make between £36.7m and £56.1m (revised down from
£40.4m and £62.1m, after three lots were withdrawn before the auction) the sale totalled £37.3m (£45m with fees) from 59 lots four of which were guaranteed by third parties. The sell through rate was 78% by lot, and according to the analysts ArtTactic, the average hammer price was £811,457.
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Gilligan s Island and
Donner would make his directorial debut in film with 1961 s
X-15, which starred Mary Tyler Moore in her first feature film role. He would follow that film seven years later, directing 1968 s
Salt and Pepper with Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford.
The director s breakthrough would come with 1976 s
The Omen, a supernatural horror film that would go on to be the fifth highest-grossing movie of that year.
Superman would follow in 1978, bringing both Donner and starring hero Reeve international acclaim. Its $55 million budget made it the most expensive film ever made up to that point, and would gross more than $300 million at the global box office.
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