Spectacular results, sharp increases and new records – this sums up the summer auction at Ketterer Kunst. 1000 phone bidders from all over the world and a packed saleroom had their share in the all-time record proceeds of more than € 25 million. Almost 40 results crossed the € 100,000 line, two of them even reached the millions, of which one is the new auction world record for a work by the Zero artist Günther Uecker. The nail object “Hommage à Paul Scheerbart“ climbed from € 300,000 (calling price) to € 1,875,000. Robert Ketterer on the course of the auction: “It is not just the results, moreover, it is the increasing demand and the trust our buyers have that prove our strategy to be right. With that in mind we put the focus on classicist modernism and post war art, as well as on contemporary art. In doing so we do not only set trends, but we meet our sellers’ demands for a both reliable

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