A Cy Twombly chalkboard picture led Sotheby’s contemporary sale on Wednesday evening, setting a record for the artist and beating the $60m presale estimate with a hammer price of $62.8m, or a total of $70.5m including the auction house’s fees.

赛堠姆布雷(Cy Twombly)的一幅黑板画周三晚领衔苏富比(Sotheby’s)当代艺术品拍卖会，创下这名艺术家的个人纪录，并且超出拍卖前预估的6000万美元，拍得6280万美元，若加上拍卖行的费用，买家将付出7050万美元天价。

The New York sale was closely watched as a 10-day auction stretch with record inventory weighed on the market and participants’ nerves.

这场纽约拍卖会受到密切关注，因为拍品数量创纪录、为期10天的拍卖给市场带来压力，也令参与者神经紧张。

The sale narrowly beat its presale estimate of $254m by bringing in $256.3m before fees, or $294.9m when the “buyer’s premium” was included. With 81.5 per cent of lots sold, it was one of the stronger sales in the past week, in which few auctions have made it to their estimates amid concern that stretched prices and the summer’s financial market volatility might weigh on the global art market.

拍卖所得略微超过预估的2.54亿美元，未计入费用之前为2.563亿美元（计入“买方佣金”后达到2.949亿美元）。鉴于81.5%的拍品成功拍出，这场拍卖会是过去一周里比较强劲的拍卖会之一，在人们担忧价格已经偏高以及今夏金融市场动荡可能拖累全球艺术品市场的大背景下，过去一周没有几场拍卖会达到预估的拍卖所得。

A 1972 Andy Warhol portrait of Chinese leader Mao Zedong sold for a hammer price of $42.2m, beating its estimate of $40m. Including fees, the telephone buyer will pay $47.5m, the top price for a Warhol this season. The work came from the collection of hedge fund manager Steve Cohen, according to people present at the auction. Four of the seven Warhols on offer went unsold.

安迪茠霍尔(Andy Warhol) 1972年创作的中国领导人毛泽东肖像拍得4220万美元，高于4000万美元的预估价。若计入拍卖行费用，通过电话竞拍的买家将付出4750万美元，这是沃霍尔作品在本拍卖季拍得的最高价格。据参加拍卖会的人士介绍，这幅作品来自对冲基金经理史蒂夫科恩(Steve Cohen)的收藏品。此次拍卖的7件沃霍尔作品中有4件流拍。