Can any of these players walk away with the prestigious ArtForecaster trophy this week? Ahead of us we have 35 lots in the Post-War & Contemporary auctions at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips. Below is the leaderboard after the first week…
Top 10 – Leaderboard – 3.March 2019
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Jazz123:
Nationality: UK
Joined: May 2017
Highest Skill Score: 44.9 (Nov-2017)
Prediction Accuracy Trend: Positive
Number of Forecasts: 770
Seasonal Rank 2018/19: 19
Top Auction Quiz: 80% correct hammer predictions in Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Evening Sale in February 2019,
CONSISTENCY: A consistent forecaster, who’s previous competition best was a 9th place in the GS Competition in October 2018. Could this be the first competition win?
Mayami
Nationality: France
Joined: June 2017
Highest Skill Score: 44.8 (June-2018)
Prediction Accuracy Trend: Neutral
Number of Forecasts: 735
Seasonal Rank 2018/19: 1
Top Auction Quiz: 80% correct hammer predictions in Phillips NextGen Auction – December 2018
HIGHEST RANK: Highest ranked overall ArtForecaster this season, with top 10 finishes in the last 10 competitions.
JayLaw
Nationality: UK
Joined: Feb 2014
Highest Skill Score: 42.1 (Sep-2015)
Prediction Accuracy Trend: Positive
Number of Forecasts: 4,300
Seasonal Rank 2018/19: 21
Top Auction Quiz: 80% correct hammer predictions in Christie’s Contemporary editions – July 2018
EXPERIENCE: One of the most seasoned player in this competition, with 4,300 predictions under the belt. The top results have been missing this year, but with this amount of experience, could this finally be it?
Symon
Nationality: UK
Joined: Nov 2014
Highest Skill Score: 54.2 (Sep-2015)
Prediction Accuracy Trend: Neutral
Number of Forecasts: 3,130
Seasonal Rank 2018/19: 10
Top Auction Quiz: 80% correct hammer predictions in Phillips Evening editions – Jan 2019
TOP SKILLS SCORE: Together with JayLaw, the most seasoned player in the Top 5. Also missed out on the top spots this season with a season best of 4th place in last month’s competition. However, with as a player with an all-time skill score level off 54.2 achieved in Sep-2015, this is definitely a player to watch out for.
cjol
Nationality: UK
Joined: Nov-2018
League: Rookie
Highest Skill Score: 25.2 (Feb-2019)
Prediction Accuracy Trend: Positive
Number of Forecasts: 150
Seasonal Rank 2018/19: 31
Top Auction Quiz: 80% correct hammer predictions in Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale – LDN, 26.Feb 2019
ROCKET: Since November 2018 cjol has experienced a dramatic increase in form climbing from a 7.2 skill score to a 25.2 skill score in the last 2 months. She joined in November and has rocketed to the top and is currently in 1st place in the March 2019 Grand Slam.
abacus
Nationality: UK
Joined: Jun-2016
League: Rookie
Highest Skill Score: 18.1 (Sep-2016)
Prediction Accuracy Trend: Positive
Number of Forecasts:195
Seasonal Rank 2018/19: 96
Top Auction Quiz: 60% correct hammer predictions in Christies FIRST OPEN PW & CONTEMPORARY – 28 September 2016.
COMEBACK: After a long break, abacus has recently had a strong comeback and out-performed many with a 14.3 average skill score. Abacus is currently in 2nd place in the March 2019 Grand slam.
LCSR
Nationality: France
Joined: May-2017
League: Rookie
Highest Skill Score: 27.3
Prediction Accuracy Trend: Neutral
Number of Forecasts:620
Seasonal Rank 2018/19:13
Top Auction Quiz: 75% correct hammer predictions in Phillips 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, LDN, 8.March 2018.
VOLATILE: LCSR was exceptional in November 2017 having an average 23 skill score, but the player’s form has been very up and down until now, when LCSR is currently 3rd in the March 2019 Grand Slam. He will be looking to go up from his 13th place and maybe get into the top 10 in the Seasonal rookie league.
MTAC
Nationality: Austria
Joined: Nov-2018
League: Rookie
Highest Skill Score: 15.2
Prediction Accuracy Trend: Positive
Number of Forecasts: 85
Seasonal Rank 2018/19: 50
Top Auction Quiz: 60% correct hammer predictions for Phillips Evening Editions Auction, LDN – 24.Jan 2019.
POTENTIAL: MTAC joined in November 2018, and has been improving quiz by quiz. MTAC has shown that he has potential to become one of the best and is currently 4th place at the March 2019 Grand Slam.
