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James Christie founded Christie’s Auction House in 1766. Since then, the auction house has conducted grand and famous auctions. Christie’s auctions holds approximately 350 auctions each year in over 80 categories, including fine and decorative arts, jewelry, collectibles, wine, and more with prices ranging from $200 to over $100 million. Christies auctioneers also conducts private sales in all categories, including but not limited to, Post-War and Contemporary, Impressionist and Modern, Old Masters, and Jewelry. Immerse yourself in the world of art, luxury, and collectibles with Christy...Read More
's Auction, where every item tells a story and every bid sparks excitement. Renowned globally for its prestigious auctions, Christie's curates an unparalleled selection of fine art, rare antiques, exquisite jewelry, and more, making each event an unmissable opportunity for collectors and enthusiasts alike to acquire treasures of unparalleled beauty and historical significance. Prepare to be captivated by the anticipation of Christie's upcoming auctions, where the finest artworks and coveted artifacts await their new guardians. With a legacy spanning centuries, Christie's sets the stage for remarkable bidding experiences, showcasing masterpieces that transcend time and culture. Stay tuned to discover the next extraordinary collection to grace the auction block and seize the chance to own a piece of history. Stay informed and inspired with the latest updates from the world of art, culture, and commerce through Christies News. Whether it's groundbreaking auction results, exclusive interviews with industry leaders, or insights into emerging trends, Christie's delivers unparalleled coverage that enriches your understanding of the dynamic art market. Dive into a wealth of information that illuminates the stories behind the artworks and the visionaries who shape our cultural landscape. Experience the thrill of bidding from the comfort of your own space with Christies Online Auction platform. Discover a curated selection of exceptional items spanning various categories, from fine art to decorative objects, all meticulously vetted by Christie's experts. With user-friendly navigation and seamless bidding processes, Christie's Online Auction offers collectors worldwide the opportunity to participate in prestigious sales and acquire coveted treasures with confidence. Navigate the exciting world of auctions with Christie's Auction Calendar, your guide to christies upcoming auctions across the globe with AuctionDaily. From New York to Hong Kong, London to Dubai, Christie's meticulously plans a calendar brimming with opportunities for collectors to engage with extraordinary artworks and rare artifacts. Whether you're a seasoned collector or a novice enthusiast, mark your calendar and embark on a journey of discovery through Christie's prestigious auction schedule.  Read Less

  • Christie's
    Apr 2, 2019

    Aged for 14 months aboard the International Space StationPresented in a unique custom trunk imagined and created by the Maison d’Arts Les Ateliers Victor, including a corkscrew crafted from a meteoriteSold to pursue research on the future of agriculture Christie’s presents a bottle of space-aged Pétrus 2000, which has spent 14 months aboard th...

  • Christie's
    Apr 2, 2019

    After setting a historic record for online sales worldwide with the Dubai auction 15 days ago (US$ +14 million for a 100% online watch auction) and with the makings of one in HK on May 22nd, Christie’s is on its way to a championship season in the watchmaking field. This is the day. Join us on Saturday, May 22nd, 2021 for: The first historic "Eve...

  • Christie's
    Apr 2, 2019

    ARTWORK FROM THE SAME SERIES AS THE RECORD-BREAKING WARRIOR JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960-1988)UNTITLED (ONE EYED MAN OR XEROX FACE)acrylic, spray paint, oilstick and Xerox collage on panel182.9 x 121.9 cm. (72 x 48 in.)Painted in 1982.Estimate: HK$140,000,000-170,000,000 / US$18,000,000-22,00,000 Hong Kong – Christie’s 20th/21st Century Art...

  • Christie's
    Apr 2, 2019

    ALAN BANBERY’S UNIQUE PATEK PHILIPPE REFERENCE 3448J ‘NO MOON PHASE’ WITH PROTOTYPE LEAP YEAR INDICATION Poised to Set a World Auction Record for the Reference Held in Private Hands for More Than a Decade Patek PhilippeA unique, exceptional and historically highly important 18K gold automatic perpetual calendar wristwatch with English calenda...

  • Christie's
    Apr 2, 2019

    ACHIEVING A TOTAL OF £43,702,515 / $61,139,818 / €50,520,107, SELLING 98% BY LOT AND 100% BY VALUE Sir Winston Churchill’s Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque selling for a world auction record priceof £8,285,000 / $11,590,715 / €9,577,460 in London - A Family Collection: Works on Paper, Van Gogh to Freud realises £18,070,765 / $25,281,000 / €...

  • Christie's
    Apr 2, 2019

    Beeple, Everydays – The First 5000 Days, NFT, 21,069 pixels x 21,069 pixels (316,939,910 bytes)Estimate Unknown. Starting Bid: $100 NEW YORK – Christie’s is honored to present Everydays – The First 5000 Days by leading digital artist, Beeple, in a stand alone online-only sale open for bidding from February 25 - March 11,...

  • Christie's
    Apr 2, 2019

    New York — Christie’s online auction Old Master & British Drawings including property from The Cornelia Bessie Estate achieved a total of $3,803,875 and was 83% sold by lot, 100% sold by value and 137% hammer above low estimate. The top lot of the sale was a red-chalk figure study Young woman dozing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard from the Co...

  • Christie's
    Apr 2, 2019

    Dawn of Spring: Chinese Paintings Online (22 January – 5 February) As the Lunar New Year approaches, Christie’s Hong Kong is proud to present Dawn of Spring – Chinese Paintings Online from 22 January to 5 February 2021, offering a selection of paintings and calligraphy with auspicious and festive meaning to celebrate the upcoming Year of the ...

  • Christie's
    Apr 2, 2019

    MODERN BRITISH ART EVENING SALE, 1 MARCH 2021 Sir Winston Churchill, Scene at Marrakech, oil on canvas, 23 ¾ x 36 ⅜ in. (60.3 x 92.4 cm.) Painted circa 1935.Estimate: £300,000-500,000 London – Sir Winston Churchill’s Scene at Marrakech (circa 1935, estimate: £300,000-500,000) will highlight the Modern British Art Ev...

  • Christie's
    Apr 2, 2019

    London – Christie’s announces results for Classic Week, a marquee series of ten online and live sales celebrating craftsmanship and the story of creativity across time, from antiquity to the 21st century, realising £42,227,750 / $56,396,126 / €46,409,732, and reflecting a very positive end of year in the Classic Art Group calendar. Karl...

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  • New World Record for Belgian Artist Rik Wouters Set at Christie’s
    Apr 15, 2025

    Belgian art and design took center stage at Christie’s this March with the firm’s sale of the Onzea-Govaerts Collection in Paris. Curated by renowned Belgian designer and tastemaker Axel Vervoordt, the sale totaled an impressive EUR 10 million (USD 11.4 million), including buyer’s premium. This late March event delivered particularly strong r...

  • Auction Guide: 2025 Asia Week New York Sales
    Mar 10, 2025

    Asia Week New York, the annual celebration of Asian art and culture, is just around the corner. Galleries, art dealers, museums, and auction houses across the United States and worldwide will offer opportunities to learn, appreciate, and purchase masterpieces from across the continent. Asia Week New York sales in 2025 will be offered from Bonhams, ...

  • Asia Week New York 2024 Rings Up Over 100.8M in Sales
    Apr 8, 2024

    Chinese Famille Verte Plate, Kangxi period with stunning Butterfly and Flower decoration (Credit Ralph M. Chait Galleries Inc.) New York:   The 15th edition of Asia Week New York which concluded its nine- day run on March 22nd rang up $100,879,195M in combined sales between the twenty-one galleries and five auction houses. At press time, this ...

  • Celebrating 15 Years, Asia Week New York 2024 Welcomes Its Annual Gathering of International Galleries, Collectors, Scholars, and Asian Art Enthusiasts
    Dec 18, 2023

    New York:  The Asia Week New York Association is delighted to announce the participation of  twenty-eight esteemed international galleries and six leading auction houses —Bonhams, Christie’s, Doyle, Heritage Auctions, iGavel, and Sotheby’s–in the 2024 edition of Asia Week New York.  Marking its 15th year in celebrating Asian art and cult...

  • 2023 Frieze Seoul: Full of Attractions, Seoul Shows Potential as Asian Art Market Hub
    Sep 20, 2023

    Frieze Seoul, which promoted Seoul as a venue for art festivals and as an art city, has ended. I walked along the path made by the artists and the works. My eyes felt pleasant. My heart was full. The world was good. Frieze Seoul, now in its second year, showed Seoul's potential as an Asian art hub. Visitors look around at the work in 2023 Frieze Se...

  • My Art Auction Auctioneer Jung-min Kim on Breaking Records and the Need for Revised Export Laws
    Jun 20, 2023

    The auction price of Korean antiquities has reached an all-time high in Korea and abroad. A rare blue-and-white porcelain Ojoryongmunho jar, which was auctioned by Korean antique auction company My Art Auction on May 25, 2023, sold for about USD 5.5 million (KRW 7 billion). The previous highest price for a Korean antique was the old book Manuscript...

  • [옥션리뷰] 김환기의 뉴욕시대 작품을 만날 수 있는 경매가 열린다
    May 26, 2023

    한국 추상미술의 대가 김환기 화백이 뉴욕에서 지냈던 시기에 그린 작품들이 경매에 나온다. 김 화백은 한국 미술품 경매 사상 최고가를 가진 작가로, 그의 작품 ‘우주(Universe)’가 2019년 크리스티 홍콩에서 약 132억 원(구매 수수료 제외, 8,800만 홍콩달러)에 낙찰된 ...

  • Kim Whan-ki's New York-Era Works to Sell at Auction
    May 26, 2023

    Works painted by Korean abstract artist Kim Whan-ki during his time in New York will soon appear at auction. Artist Kim is the highest-priced artist in Korean art auction history, and his work Universe was sold for about HKD 88 million (KRW 13.2 billion, excluding purchase fees) with Christie's Hong Kong in 2019. Korean art auction company K Auctio...

  • [옥션리뷰] ‘5개의 용 발톱’ 백자 경매 시작가 70억원…한국 고미술 역사 새로 쓸까
    May 19, 2023

    5개 용 발톱이 새겨진 도자기의 등장에 한국 고미술업계가 술렁이고 있다. 이 도자기는 조선시대 국력이 강했던 영정조시대(1724~1800)에 제작된 것으로 추정한다. 조선시대에 용은 왕을, 5개 용 발톱은 왕실의 위엄과 권위를 상징한다. 5개 용 발톱이 그려진 백자청화�...

  • Will This "Five Dragon Claws" White Porcelain Ojoryongmunho Jar Rewrite Korean Auction History?
    May 19, 2023

    The emergence of a porcelain jar with five dragon claws is stirring the Korean antique industry. It is estimated that this piece was produced during the Yeongjeongjo period (1724 - 1800), when the national power was strong during the Joseon dynasty. In this era, the dragon symbolizes the king, and the claws of the dragon symbolize the authority of ...

  • 2023 First Quarter: Sales Fall Over 10% at Top 3 Auction Companies
    May 8, 2023

    Global auction sales by three companies, Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips, fell more than 10% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2023, a recent report showed. In addition, sales at Korea's two major auction houses (K Auction and Seoul Auction) also shrank by nearly 60 percent during the same period. Some analysts said that the global art marke...

  • Christie’s to Host Third and Final Installment of the Paul G. Allen Collection in May
    Apr 6, 2023

    The third and final installment of the Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection sale is geared up to impress art collectors after a record-breaking market debut last November. In May of 2023, Christie's will present the final chapter of Paul G. Allen's art collection in New York. A group of seven masterpieces by iconic artists such as David Hockney,...

  • With Sales Topping $132M Asia Week New York Returns with Robust Sales and Enthusiastic Crowds
    Apr 3, 2023

    New York:   Ending their 9-day run on March 24th, the 14th edition of Asia Week New York returned with the energy and exuberance of pre-pandemic years with twenty-six galleries and six auction houses reporting sales that collectively rang up an impressive $132,715,125 in sales. At press time, this figure includes 22 out of 26 galleries reporti...

  • Asia Week New York 2023 Unveils an Abundance of Asian Art Treasures Each With a Fascinating Story to Tell
    Mar 13, 2023

    NEW YORK–When twenty-six international galleries and six auction houses–Bonhams, Christies, Doyle, Heritage, iGavel, and Sotheby’s– open their doors for the 2023 edition of Asia Week New York, from March 16th  through 24th , an abundance of eye-alluring treasures are certain to entice the wide swath of collectors, curators, and connois...

  • A Guide to Asia Week New York Auctions in 2023
    Mar 10, 2023

    The much-awaited annual Asia Week New York is around the corner. Top-notch international Asian art galleries and major auction houses will collaborate to celebrate Asian art and culture. The 2023 edition of Asia Week New York, now in its 14th year, will formally run from March 16 through March 24, 2023. An arrangement of lots available during Bonha...