About 90 percent of 47 lots put on
sales at Kneya’s debut art auction held in Nairobi on Tuesday were sold, the
auction house, Circle Art Agency has said.
Tagged Modern and Contemporary East African Art Auction, the total lots sold, according to the organisers "was a real success”. The leading lots in the sales, a painting entitled Celebration, by late Ugandan artist, Geoffrey Mukasa "was sold for almost $20,000 (1.7 million Kenya shillings, 14,700 euros)".
A total sale of more than $200,000
for the lots was recorded at an auction that "had packed room of audience".
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