When we featured the Guennol Lioness as the WorldWide in our November/December 2007 issue of BAR, it was expected to sell for as much as $18 million at auction— an amazing amount, considering the figurine stands just over 3 inches high— but when the auctioneer’s gavel finally banged at Sotheby’s on December 5, 2007, $18 million ended up being the price per inch. With a final bid of $57 million, the Guennol Lioness (actual size) set a new record for the highest 015price ever paid for a sculpture at auction, smashing the previous record of $29 million, set by […]
