Christies First-Half Auctions Rise 30% to 1.61 Billion Pounds
Published July 13th, 2007
Christie’s International, the world’s largest art seller, said auctions and private sales rose almost 30 percent on premium prices for Warhols and an influx of new buyers.
London-based Christie’s sold 1.61 billion pounds ($3.27 billion) of art and collectibles in the first half, compared with 1.24 billion pounds a year earlier, according to a statement to be released today. Contemporary auctions more than doubled to 459 million pounds, including an Andy Warhol car-crash picture that took $71.7 million in New York.
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