Christie‟s Auctioneers has announced the opening of a new home and a multi-purpose art space at Shanghai‟s historical Bund, one year after their inaugural sale in mainland China. To mark the occasion, Christie‟s will present its Shanghai autumn auctions on 24 October...
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Christie’s Announces Record £2.6 Billion Half Year Sales
Christie’s has announced sales of £2.69 billion, up 12% ($4.47 billion, up 22%), for the half year ending 30 June 2014. Christie’s successful strategy to connect with more collectors globally underpins the results, with the figures driven by an...
Egyptian Sekhemka Statue Achieves £15m In Northampton Museum Sell Off At Christie’s
Christies evening auction of classical decorative arts has realised £31,048,500/ $53,186,081/€38,934,819, marking the highest total for any and breaking the previous record established by Christie’s Exceptional Sale in 2011 at...
Tracey Emin’s Turner Prize Nominated Unmade Bed Fetches £2.5m At Christie’s
Tracey Emin's Turner Prize nominated 'My Bed' installation has sold at Christie's, London salesroom tonight for £2.5m (including commission), a record for the artist. The sculpture was consigned by Charles Saatchi to raise money for his Gallery's education...
Tracey Emin Unmade Bed Goes Under The Hammer At Christie’s 1 July
Tracey Emin's unmade, My Bed, 1998 goes under the hammer at Christie's tomorrow and is expected to realise in excess of £1m. The piece of installation art, which includes dirty knickers, used condoms and empty booze bottles exemplifies Tracey at her wild-child...
Christie’s Reveals £86m Impressionist and Modern Evening Sales Figures
Christies London has released the results for the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening sale which took place on 24 June £85,784,000/ $146,004,368/ €107,230,000 was realised selling 67% by lot and 71% by value. Kurt Schwitters 1920 picture sold for...
Antiques Roadshow Van Dyck To Go Under The Hammer At Christie’s
Christie’s has announced that a striking head study by Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), which was recently re-discovered on the BBC television progamme The Antiques Roadshow, will be offered at Christie’s Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale,...
Christie’s And Sotheby’s Impressionist And Modern Sales Soar In NY
Christie’s NY Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art on Tuesday, May 6, has realised $285,879,000 (£168,668,610/€205,832,880), selling 89% by lot and 96% by value. This marks the highest total for Christie’s New York in this category since...
Jackson Pollock Masterpiece To Go Under The Hammer At Christie’s
An important late Jackson Pollock titled 'Number 5' (Elegant Lady, 1951) goes under the hammer at Christie's New York as part of their May evening sale of Post War and Contemporary art. The work comes from the E.ON art collection and carries an estimate of $15 –...