Luxury Auction House Reports Best Performance Since 2015 and Record Prices for 21st Century Art

Christie’s Global Sales Achieve £3.3 B / $4.1 B in First Half 2022 “Our results in the first half of 2022 have been remarkably strong, with many memorable moments like the sales of Warhol’s Marilyn and of the Bass collection in New York, and of the Givenchy collection in Paris. These results have been achieved … Read more

Christie’s Auction House Sales Are Up 26%, Leading The Art Market

  Christie’s Auction house sales are up 26% to almost £3 billion, leading to the highest half-year total in company history. 80% of the highest selling objects in the first half of 2018 were sold at Christie’s. Continued global demand, audience engagement with the diversity of collecting categories and the historic Rockefeller sales helped drive … Read more

How Monet became blue chip: the language of wealthy art buyers

Painting of the Grand Canal expected to fetch up to £30m, amid surging interest from super-rich in Asia and Middle East