Faberge Egg Thief Pleads Guilty In London Courtroom
A thief who stole £800,000 worth of rare Imperial Russian court Fabergé objects and jewellery from Christies Auctioneers last December, has gone on… Read More
6 April 2015
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Pablo Picasso’s 1950s Homage To Delacroix Goes Under The Hammer
Christie’s will be offering Pablo Picasso’s Les femmes d’Alger (Version “O”) as the star lot in their New York Impressionist and… Read More
26 March 2015
Christie’s Post-War And Contemporary Art Evening Auction Realises £117,142,500
The Post-War & Contemporary Art evening sale at Christie’s London realised a total of £117,142,500 / $178,408,028 / €157,556,663 selling… Read More
15 February 2015
Goldsmiths Auction For New Gallery Raises Nearly £1.5 Million
Christie’s hosted a special auction today in support of the £2.8 million needed to create the Gallery at Goldsmiths, as… Read More
13 February 2015
Global Art-marketing: Where The Crowned Kings Of Auctioneering Find Their Sovereignty
In my best Sam the Eagle voice: “Sales is vanity, profit is sanity”. Splashed all over the art newspapers this week were Christie’s
13 February 2015
Buyer Of Georgia O’Keeffe Painting For Record $44 Million Revealed
Late last year the $15 million or £9.5 million estimate for Georgia O’Keeffe’s work at auction was shattered after a… Read More
11 February 2015
Christie’s Joins ArtStack For The First Crowd Sourced Auction Initiative
Christie’s along with the art-social media website ArtStack have formed a unique alliance this season with the first crowd-sourced auction… Read More
31 January 2015
Misattributed John Constable Purchased for £3,500 At Christie’s Sells At Sotheby’s For £3.4m
We reported on the 9 January that a painting by John Constable misattributed and sold for a fraction of its… Read More
30 January 2015
Christie’s Release Record Breaking Figures Of £5.1 billion For 2014
Christie’s have released the figures for art sales for the year ending December 2014. This figure is the highest total… Read More
20 January 2015
Christie’s To Auction Works On Paper From The Triton Collection
Christie’s is to auction a unique selection of rare works on paper from the Triton Collection Foundation, spanning over three… Read More
16 January 2015
YBA Auction To Benefit New Gallery At Goldsmiths Announced
Goldsmiths’ renowned alumni including Damien Hirst, Antony Gormley, Sarah Lucas, Julian Opie, Sam Taylor-Johnson and Steve McQueen have donated works… Read More
16 January 2015
Christie’s Unveils Stellar Selection For London’s The Art of The Surreal Auction
Christie’s stellar selection of 36 lots in the much anticipated annual London evening sale of The Art of The Surreal… Read More
11 January 2015
Christie’s Gets It Wrong As £900 Painting Is £1.5m Original Constable
A painting thought to be school of John Constable has been authenticated, as the real deal. Two years ago Christie’s… Read More
9 January 2015
Caravaggio Painting Takes Centerstage At Christie’s Old Masters Sale
One of the earliest example of a painting by Caravaggio titled, ‘Boy Peeling a Fruit’ dating from 1591 will go… Read More
2 January 2015
Christie’s Theft: £1m In Jewels Stolen In London Headquarters Heist
Thieves have breached stringent security at Christie’s London flagship headquarters to pull off a heist valued at up to a… Read More
22 December 2014
Cézanne From The Courtauld Collection Under The Hammer At Christie’s
Paul Cézanne’s painting ‘Vue sur L’Estaque et Le Château d’If’ (1883–1885) will go under the hammer at Chrisite’s London in… Read More
17 December 2014
Christie’s Americas President Doug Woodham Steps Down
Christie’s incoming CEO Patricia Barbizet Hasn’t hesitated in putting her plans for Christie’s in place. It is only a week… Read More
11 December 2014
Steven Murphy Resigns From Chief Executive Officer Role At Christie’s
In September 2010, former Rodale president Steven Murphy became the first American CEO in the history of the auction house…. Read More
3 December 2014
Christie’s Reports Strong Results For British and Irish Modern Art Sale
The auction house Christie’s has recorded exceptional results for their Autumn British and Irish Modern Art Sale.The market seems to… Read More
29 November 2014
Exceptional Van Dyck Under The Hammer At Christie’s
Christie’s auction on Tuesday 2nd December 2014 will be ‘Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale’, in London; will feature… Read More
16 November 2014
Manet Painting Breaks Artist’s Record With £40 Million Sale
A work by Edouard Manet has set a new auction record for the French impressionist. ‘Spring’, a portrait of a… Read More
6 November 2014
Lost Masterpiece Discovered In French Attic At Christie’s Auction
Two works by the artist John Duncan Fergusson were recently rediscovered in France by a brother and sister while they… Read More
1 November 2014
Sotheby’s And Christie’s In Egon Schiele Restitution Roulette
On November 5th, Christie’s is auctioning a 1910 Schiele watercolor ‘Town on the Blue River’. The auction house is doing… Read More
28 October 2014
Cy Twombly’s Blackboard Painting For Auction At Christie’s
A work by Cy Twombly is being offered for auction at Christie’s by Nicola Del Roscio – the artist’s former assistant and the president of of the Cy Twombly foundation
22 October 2014
Anger Over Casino’s Plans To Sell £80 Million Warhols
In mid-september the German casino conglomerate Westspiel announced their plan to sell ‘Triple Elvis’ (1963) and ‘Four Marlons’ (1966) at… Read More
16 October 2014
Richter’s Abstraktes Bild (774-4) For Christie’s Auction
The work by artist Gerhard Richter titled ‘Abstraktes Bild (774-4)’ is a seminal example of the artist’s layered abstract practice… Read More
16 October 2014
Christie’s To Auction Collection Of Late Actor Maximilian Schell
The late Maximilian Schell was a renowned Austrian and Swiss film and stage actor, who also wrote, directed and produced… Read More
15 October 2014
Polke Beats Richter In £46 Million Christie’s Sale
Sigmar Polke’s status had a further boost at Christie’s London on Monday; with the evening sale of the Essl Collection,… Read More
14 October 2014
Christie’s Multiplied Launches For Frieze Week
MULTIPLIED is the UK’s only art fair dedicated to contemporary prints and editions. The fair is in its The fifth… Read More
23 September 2014
Christie’s Announce Giants Of German Post-War Art Sale
Christie’s has announced the sale of 44 major Post-War works from The Essl Collection which will be sold in a… Read More
10 September 2014
Edmund de Waal Donates Art For Prisoners Abroad Charity Auction
Leading artist Edmund de Waal has donated a major work of art to an auction for the charity Prisoners Abroad…. Read More
9 September 2014
Warhol Elvis and Brando Masterpieces Star In Christie’s Autumn Line-Up
Two iconic portraits by Andy Warhol featuring Elvis Presley and Marlon Brando, two of the most important male celebrities in… Read More
6 September 2014