Mini Hitler Figure Leads $125 Million Sales as Frenzy Dissipates
- `Bound to Fail' auction at Christie's totaled $78 million
- Brice Marden led Phillips's $46.6 million sale in New York
A child-size sculpture of Adolf Hitler fetched $17.2 million, leading two evening auctions that proceeded at a steady, if not frenzied, clip on Sunday in New York.
Maurizio Cattelan’s kneeling Hitler, consigned by money manager David Ganek, set an auction record for the Italian artist and exceeded the high presale estimate of $15 million at Christie’s.