Charlestonian Ballroom 
Preview: 10am - 7pm
Auction: 7:15pm
Charleston Art Auction set a new sales record on Saturday, November 5th, when enthusiastic bidders, including recognized collectors from the low country as well as telephone and absentee buyers throughout the United States pushed the total above $700,000. See complete results.
Phone lines were filled for several lots of contemporary masterworks including Clark Huling’s The Sugar Cane Vendor (estimated $200,000 - $300,000) that brought $218,000, San Miguel (estimated at $70,000 - $90,000) that fetched $88,550 and The Bread Wagon (estimated at $35,000 - $45,000) that hammered down at $51,750; Stephen Scott Young’s The Blues (estimated at $75,000 - $100,000) sold for $86,250 and a very rare portfolio of eighteen gelatin silver prints by Eudora Welty (estimated at $40,000 - $50,000) achieved $44,850.
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