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2018 was a great year for Christie’s. Here are the numbers to prove it:
The numbers for 2018 are officially in for Christie’s and they’re among some of their strongest in history. The privately-owned auction house reports total revenues of $7 billion (£5.3 billion), […]
Christie’s announces sale of ten works from Richard L. Feigen’s private collection
Richard L. Feigen has made a name for himself as an influential and venerable art dealer with galleries in both New York and London. Over the course of six decades, […]
Seeing double: nearly identical Van Dyck paintings and a pair of Rembrandt’s finger prints
Sotheby’s and Christie’s each started December off with a painting by Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641) hitting the auction block on consecutive nights. The Flemish painter is one of the most […]
The blood in Jordan Eagles’ ‘Jesus, Christie’s’ runs deeper than you might think
Just over a year ago, Christie’s rocked the art world when they sold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi for $450.3 million. The hype surrounding what was deemed ‘the last da […]
AI in the art market: how the sale of an AI painting has made history
An austere man in what could be clerical garb gazes out at the viewer. His coat, shoulders, and hair blend into the dark, yet incomplete background. Exhibited in a beautiful […]
Works from the Klapper Collection expected to bring in more than $50 million at auction
Christie’s is set to offer 20 artworks from the collection of Herbert and Adele Klapper in November and December. Medical student turned entrepreneur, Herbert Klapper was born in Brooklyn to […]
Painting stolen in 1989 recently sold for £62,500 but remains in limbo
On 11 July 2018, the auctioneer’s gavel fell selling the ‘recently rediscovered’ Emma Sandys 1874 painting for £62,500 (estimated at £20,000 to £30,000) in Christie’s Victorian Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist […]
