Gottfried Helnwein’s painting ‘The Disaster of War 47’ was estimated between £30,000 – 50,000 in Sotheby’s Irish art auction yesterday 13.9.2016.
The actual hammer price including buyers premium for the painting was £115,000 !!!!
In the same auction an oil on linen painting by Irish artist Martin Finnin was estimated between £5,000 – 7,000 and reached £ 6,250 including buyers premium.