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Beyoncé & Jay-Z

Beyoncé & Jay-Z

Fine Art

Among the most prominent collectors in music, with a contemporary collection anchored by Jean-Michel Basquiat. The widely-reported purchase below was made through an anonymous bid, so the attribution is reported rather than confirmed by the house.

Realized at sale$4.5M
Estimated today modeled~$4.6M
+2%
Modeled value over timemodeled

Realized price carried forward by ALT/FNDATA’s trophy-tier price trend for each lot’s category.

A modeled market-level estimate, not an appraisal. Individual pieces vary.

Documented sales

Jean-Michel Basquiat, “Mecca” (1982)
Jean-Michel Basquiat, “Mecca” (1982)
Sotheby's·Contemporary Art Evening Auction, New York · Nov 13, 2013
Sold at Sotheby’s to an anonymous buyer for a reported $4.5m (estimate $4–6m). Press tied the purchase to Jay-Z, but the buyer was never officially confirmed — the attribution is reported, not verified.
Complex Image: Sotheby's
Realized$4,500,000 (reported)

“Estimated today” is a modeled figure, not an appraisal: each realized price is adjusted by the change in ALT/FNDATA’s trophy-tier price level for its category (the median of comparable high-value lots, from the sale year to the present). It is a market-level estimate; individual pieces vary, and categories without enough comparable high-value data are shown as insufficient to estimate.

Notable historical collection. The realized figures are public auction results, from the dates shown. “Estimated today” and the value chart are modeled market estimates, not a live valuation or appraisal, and not a current holding.
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