Tag: Auction
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Christie’s International Real Estate Hosts First-Ever Top Agents Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona
The attendees were made up of the 140 most successful real estate professionals in the network. Criteria for participation in the conference required that each attendee be among the top 10% of sales for their Affiliate. The training sessions and seminars were led by top industry experts and senior executives of Christie’s and Christie’s International…
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Bill Gates’ Fiji Honeymoon Property Goes to Auction
By: Allie Early The honeymoon destination of Bill Gates and wife Melinda will be auctioned to the highest bidder starting on February 7th. Lawedua has been a destination for Jim Carrey, Celine Dion and Michelle Pfeiffer among others, and it offers gorgeous views of the Koro Sea. Concierge Auctions of New York will host the…
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POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART EVENING SALE ACHIEVES $691,583,000, THE HIGHEST TOTAL IN AUCTION HISTORY
$691,583,000: HIGHEST AUCTION TOTAL IN ART MARKET HISTORY $142.4M FOR FRANCIS BACON TRIPTYCH: MOST VALUABLE WORK OF ART EVER SOLD AT AUCTION $58.4M FOR JEFF KOONS’S BALLOON DOG: MOST VALUABLE WORK SOLD AT AUCTION BY A LIVING ARTIST On November 12th Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art evening sale achieved $691,583,000 (£435,697,000 / €511,771,420), the highest…
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Christie’s Inaugural Auction in Mainland China Achieves US$25M
Christie’s first to sell Picasso at auction in mainland China Records broken for Singaporean art 98% sold by lot, 96% sold by value Cai Guo-Qiang work Homeland to raise funds for new Museum sells for RMB 15 million. SHANGHAI – Christie’s has successfully completed its first auction in mainland China. After three days of gala events, exhibitions, forums…
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Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art evening sale: THE HIGHEST TOTAL IN AUCTION HISTORY
POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART EVENING SALE ACHIEVES US$495 MILLION, THE HIGHEST TOTAL IN AUCTION HISTORY The auction set 16 new artist records with three works achieving above US$40M, nine above US$10M and 59 above US$1M New York – On May 15, Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art evening sale achieved a staggering US$495.021.500, with a remarkably strong…