A new auction record was set for the Nigerian-born artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby in New York last week when “Drown” soared to sell for $1,092,500, over three times the high-estimate ($200,000-$300,000), in Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale.

No fewer than 11 bidders competed for the work that was eventually sold to an anonymous buyer on the telephone. This was the second time in less than two months that the auction record for Njideka Akunyili Crosby had been broken at Sotheby’s. The previous auction record for the artist was $93,750, set by her “Untitled” work from 2011 at Sotheby’s New York in September 2016.

http://www.reportsafrique.com/2016/11/nigerian-born-njideka-akunyili-crosbys-art-auctions-record-1-1m-sothebys/

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Good.

Njideka making us proud.

I am Proud to be an Igbo man.

The writer Below me thinks his joke is funny,but nobody is smiling or clapping.

Kudos to a replica of the mum

Keep on doing great things...
The writer above me must be an hater

ishiamu:
In a science Class, teacher asked Darwin..ߘ 

"Darwin,if you are given a chance to travel through time, what will you do?

Darwin:I will go back to 1946, find Buhari's father and give him a condomߘ°ߘ°ߘ°ߘŠ

Please it is funny


I will give the mum postinor 2

Mtcheeew!!..

Like mother like daughter.
Abeg free me joor see as una just dey collect evrythin.


Congrats my dear!

Lalasticlala, over to you.

You can go far and do greater things even without paying tithe or sowin seed, please ask the girls like Chioma Achebe, Asa etc

HungerBAD:
Good.



The writer Below me thinks his joke is funny,but nobody is smiling or clapping.

So how come he has already gotten 3 likes while you that is hating on his joke is still struggling with 1 measly like?

DD

Njideka doing what she is good at while Zahra buhari is rushing into marriage without any tangible achievement



Northerners taking us back to stone age daily

Igbos Una have try.

ishiamu:
In a science Class, teacher asked Darwin..ߘ 

"Darwin,if you are given a chance to travel through time, what will you do?

Darwin:I will go back to 1946, find Buhari's father and give him a condomߘ°ߘ°ߘ°ߘŠ

Actually Buhari was born in 1942 so he would have been too late.

Ain't surprise, just like her virtuous mother. May God bless her and family for the great work her mother did for our country.

Dora Akunyili and Chief Gani Fawehimi are my eternal role models.

In Dj Khaled's voice "It's Another One..."

Igbos are indeed doing very well

lalasticlala abeg add graphic pictures

$1,092,500 * NGN 473 = N516,752, 500 * ponzi scheme of 45% ROI/per month...the figures would be like

Jonathan ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Who are these anonymous buyers that keep snapping up her works? I hope looted funds are not being laundered?
My take o. If it's too good to be true, it probably is. An unknown artist breaking all permutations?

Congrats to her

This is good news.NIGERIANS making us proud.

Ugonnax:


Afonja and envy of Igbos as if Igbos are their mate.

Marotzke!! Afonja? Odiegwu.

HungerBAD:
Good.

Njideka making us proud.

I am Proud to be an Igbo man.

The writer Below me thinks his joke is funny,but nobody is smiling or clapping.

nna bros

* The right people are hired to do the work
* Responsibility is delegated to people who are held accountable for their actions
* Successes are attributed to the people that make them happen

For those that appreciate art, you'ld realise that this work is a masterpiece of so many thing put together. Amazing!

Not a big deal, she's just lucky.

Let her bring that work to Nigeria and watch people price it for less than 100k…


Btw, you make it look like it is the most expensive in the history of art it just an evening sale


Nobody should quote me…

Nukualofa:
Njideka doing what she is good at while Zahra buhari is rushing into marriage without any tangible achievement



Northerners taking us back to stone age daily

Stupid Bigot.
Just one person from the Igbo race achieved a great feat, you now generalize... But when one person pushes drugs you will accuse people of generalizing.

You are Igbo, what have you achieved?
Why are you pulling this country backward?

wow

Nukualofa:
Njideka doing what she is good at while Zahra buhari is rushing into marriage without any tangible achievement



Northerners taking us back to stone age daily

They're only taking themselves back to the stone age.