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Paris: Bowed to Tsarouhis’ “Forgotten Guard” and Moralis’ “Epithalamio”

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The “Forgotten Guard” was sold for 442,000 euros and the “Chamber” exceeded 600,000 euros!

It was a great success Greek Sale of by Bonhamswith continuous bidding strikes from Greece and abroad, both inside the house’s hall in Paris and via telephones and the Internet, confirming the great dynamics that the Greek market has developed in the last two years.

The famous generation of the ’30s, the generation of the Greek Nobels, had its honor, with the “Forgotten Guard” of Yannis Tsarouchis to set a record for the artist with 442,000 euros, the “chamber” of Yannis Moralis to exceed 600,000 euros, and its romantic ancient Greek scene Nikos Engonopoulos to exceed 250,000 euros.

The five top lots of the auction are completed by “Grocery store in Mytilini” of Yannis Tsarouchis with 190,000 euros and “Forgotten Photo” of the recently lost Alekou Fasianoswhich exceeded 170,000 euros.

Bonhams' Greek Sale was a great success

The auctioneer Terpsichori Angelopoulou stated that she was very satisfied with the results of Sale.

“It was another great night for Greek Art, which is now established in the European market as a stable investment value. We are particularly happy that the continuous upward trend of Greek Sales works for the benefit of sellers and collectors from Greece and abroad, while at the same time promoting Greek artistic creation in the shining capitals of international art”.

Bonhams' Greek Sale was a great success

During the auction, which lasted approximately four hours, 80% of the works (by lot) and 98.8% (by value) were sold with a turnover of 3,500,000 euros.

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