A small portrait thought to be the first picture of Francis Bacon’s last great love, John Edwards, reached nearly £2m as a selling price, and Concetto Spaziale, La Fine Di Dio, by Lucio Fontana is reported to have sold for more than £10m, which was around £6m more than what it was expected to bring.
The sculpture Kiepenkerl by Jeff Koon had been thought as being likely to sell for between £1.5m and £2.5m but actually went for over £3m.
Also included in the items for auction were artworks by Gilbert and George, Bridget Riley and Andreas Gursky.
