Gerard Dillon's Auction Record Jumps 225% with $1.6M Sale

Tea-party. Image courtesy of Adam's Auctioneers

Gerard Dillon,

Tea-party (Undated)

sold for $1.6m (EUR1.38m), more than nine times the low estimate at Adam's Auctioneers in Dublin on May 27.

The sale beat the artist’s previous auction record by $1.11m, a 225% rise.

THE DREAMER (Undated). Sold for $489,400 in 2020. Image courtesy of Sotheby's

The previous record was set by

THE DREAMER (Undated),

which sold for $489,400 at Sotheby's on September 09, 2020.

The work had not been traded before.

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