One of the highest grossing charity auctions in history took place last night at Christie's New York. The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, in partnership with the auction house presented The 11th Hour charity auction, to benefit environmental and wildlife conservation...
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Christie’s Francois Henri Pinault Returns Stolen Imperial Bronzes To China
The French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault owner of Christie's Auctioneers is returning two Qianlong (18th-century) bronzes looted from its Old Summer Palace to China . The Royal building was ransacked and much of it was destroyed when French and British troops...
Christie’s Auctioneers Granted First Operating Licence For Mainland China
Christie’s Auctioneers has announced that it will be holding sales in Shanghai beginning autumn 2013. These will be independently operated having become the first international fine art auction company to be granted an auctioneer's license for mainland China.As...
Christie’s Announces Back Door Premium Hike In All Bands
Christie’s quietly announced last week that it will be increasing its buyer’s premium by 5% on the first £75,000. This raises the threshold on the middle market which was previously charging this figure on the first £50,000. They have also...
Modigliani Masterpiece Realises £26.9m At Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Sale
Amedeo Modigliani's portrait of his lover Jeanne Hebuterne was the top selling lot at Christie's evening Impressionist and Modern sale in London on Wednesday reaching a staggering £26.9 million ($42.3 million, 31.2 million euros), Christie's said. The final...
Goodbye Haunch of Venison Christie’s Shuts International Gallery Brand
Christie’s International have announced the closure of its Haunch of Venison galleries. The struggling operation, Christie's first undertaking (in its 240 years) of a primary market gallery, will now close in March with several redundancies. It is thought that...
Christie’s London Impressionist And Modern Sale Expected To Top £100m
Christie's London, Winter Impressionist & Modern Evening Sale titled, 'FROM FIGURATION TO ABSTRACTION', set to fall under the hammer at King Street in February, is expected to top 100m in sales. The auction marks the start of the first major series of sales of the...
Turner prize Artist Douglas Gordon Sculpture Stolen From Christie’s
A Solid gold sculpture by the Turner Prize winning artist Douglas Gordon valued at £500,000 has been stolen from a Christie's storage facility in London. The sculpture titled Left Hand and Right Hand Have Left One Another,Created in 2007, disappeared...
Andy Warhol Foundation Strikes Exclusive Partnership Deal With Christie’s
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and Christie’s have struck a partnership deal for all future sales of Andy Warhol’s work from its vast collection.The foundation recognises that the arts community needs its support now more than ever, as they...