LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company抯 February Contemporary Art Evening sale saw active bidding in a lively sale room realizing �5,409,200 /$8,725,040 with 84 % sold by value and 83% by lot.

揥e are delighted to have set three new auction records on a night that has proven that the market for contemporary art is buoyant. Phillips de Pury & Company continues to break new ground with strong results achieved for young contemporary artists.� Peter Sumner, Head of Sales, London, Philips de Pury & Company.

Contemporary Art Evening Sale Top Ten Lots
� Jean-Michel Basquiat Overrun, � 1,127,650 /$1,818,899

� Raqib Shaw, Absence of God III� And His Tears of Blood Will Drown the Cities of Men II �553,250/$892,392

� Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, The Painting on an Easel, �361,250/$582,696

� Rudolf Stingel, Untitled, �361,250/$582,696

� Peter Fischli & David Weiss, 4 Hostessen (4 Stewardesses), �277,250/$447,204

� G黱ther Uecker, Mutation, �223,250/$360,102

� Wade Guyton, Untitled, �213,650/$344,617

� Karel Appel, Birds Over the Red Sea, �205,250/$331,068

� Albert Oehlen, Untitled, �193,250/$311,712

World Records
� Wade Guyton, Untitled, �223,250/$360,102
� Jim Lambie, Night Divides the Day, �91,250/ $147,186
� Georg Herold, Untitled, 121,250/$195,576