Charleston Art Auction set a new sales record on Saturday, November 5^th, 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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