Talk:Christie's

Show rooms

"Christie's has three show rooms in the US, including one in New York and one in Los Angeles."

That statement prompts an obvious question. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.183.85.71 (talk • contribs)

Answer to the question:

As a former employee I can tell you that Christie's currently has two showrooms in the US (LA and NYC). They did have three but back in 2001 they closed Christie's East in NYC. Christie's East (once located on the upper east side on 67th street) functioned as a middle-market outlet mainly for lower priced estate property, whereas the main US headquarters is located at 20 Rockefeller Plaza, NYC. All Christie's East operations were consolidated into Christie's Rockefeller location and the 67th street building was sold. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.53.128.241 (talk • contribs)

I am an employee of Christie's. There have been changes to the number of salerooms and offices at Christie's since 2009. The following is the current information as documented on Christie's website in the ABOUT US section

As of January 2010, Christie's had 57 offices in 32 countries and 10 salerooms around the world including London, New York, Paris, Geneva, Milan, Amsterdam, Dubai and Hong Kong. In 1995, Christie's became the first international auction house to exhibit works of art in Beijing, China. Bickle71 (talk) 16:12, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Price-fixing scandal

Does anyone know enough about the Christie's/Sotheby's price-fixing scandal to add information to the article? I remember hearing about it and that prison sentences ensued, but I don't know enough of the details to expand the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.9.26.141 (talk • contribs)

The link for James Christie links to a different James Christie than the one intended. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.9.26.141 (talk • contribs)

Redirect from Christy's?

Why does "Christy's" redirect here? Christie's is an auction house. Christy's is a convenience store chain. Twin Bird (talk) 07:06, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

I suppose it was a redirect from a common misspelling - can easily be fixed if someone wants to turn the page into an article about the store, if notable.--mervyn (talk) 09:08, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Christie's for Sale?

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/consumer_goods/article5404112.ece —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.145.218.116 (talk) 14:45, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Something about the Looted Relics

First, the bronze zodiac sculptures were in Old Summer Palace, not Summer Palace. Second, according to the information in wiki Chinese version, the high bidder is from Shishi city, Xiamen, Fujian, China, not Hong Kong, China. His accent shows that he is a native Hokkien speaker, not a Cantonese speaker. So I change the name shown in this article, because the it was spelled by Cantonese. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hui729 (talk • contribs) 15:06, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Organisation

The article is poorly organised and structured. Anyone up for re-working it?

--UnicornTapestry (talk) 17:19, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

For consideration, the Editor of this page may want to refer to the NOTABLE AUCTIONS talk section for supplemental historic records that have made the news within the last decade Bickle71 (talk) 17:52, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

History

"Christie's was a public company, listed on the London Stock Exchange from 1973 to 1999, after which it was taken into private ownership by Frenchman François Pinault."

The above statement is incorrect. Christie's was acquired by Artemis S.A. in 1998 (not 1999).

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Bickle71 (talk) 21:20, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Links to references don't work in History Section

"In January 2009, Christie's was reported to employ 2,100 people worldwide, though an unspecified number of staff and consultants were soon to be cut due to a worldwide downturn in the art market;[4] later news reports said that 300 jobs would be cut.[5]"

"Although the economic downturn has encouraged some collectors to sell art, others are unwilling to sell in a market which may yield only bargain prices.[5]"

The links to Ref #5 in the above statements found in the HISTORY section do not work.

REFERENCE 5:

^ a b Holson, Laura M. (2009-02-08). "com/2009/02/08/nyregion/08auction. html In World of High-Glamour, Low-Pay Jobs, the Recession Has Its Bright Spots". New York Times. http://www.nytimes. com/2009/02/08/nyregion/08auction. html. Retrieved 2009-02-10.Bickle71 (talk) 21:33, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Notable Auctions

Here are a few more notable auctions that have made the news. A comment was made that the Christie's Wikipedia page is poorly organized. Perhaps adding more current information can help improve things.

• In 1990, Van Gogh’s Portrait of Dr. Gachet becomes the most expensive work of art ever sold when it fetches $82.5 million at Christie’s New York.

• In 1998, the sale of Vincent van Gogh’s self portrait, Portrait de l’artiste sans barbe for $71.5 million (£42.8 million), takes the record of the most expensive work of art sold at auction for the whole year.

• In 2007, the Rothschild Fabergé Egg sold at Christie’s London for £8,980,500 / $18,499,830 / €12,509,837, a world record price for a Russian object (not including paintings) at auction, for a work of art by Fabergé at auction, and for any timepiece (clock or watch) at auction.

• In 2008, Lucian Freud’s Benefits Supervisor Sleeping sells for $33,641,000 setting a world auction record for any living artist.

• In 2008, The Wittelsbach diamond, an historic 17th Century cushion-shaped deep grayish blue, VS2 diamond of 35.56 cts, sells for £16,393,250 / $24,311,190, setting a record price for any diamond, or any jewel, sold at auction.

• In 2009, The Vivid Pink diamond is sold in Hong Kong in December for HK$83.5 million (US$10.8 million) - a new record price per carat for any gemstone ever sold at auction ($2.1 million per carat), and a record price for a pink diamond sold at auction.

• In December 2009, the Old Masters and 19th Century Art Evening Sale in London realises £68.4 million ($112.4 million) – the highest ever total for an Old Master auction. Raphael's Head of a Muse, an auxiliary drawing used to execute his masterpiece frescos in the Vatican, realises £29.2 million ($47.9 million) - the 2nd highest price ever paid for an Old Master and the record ever price for any work on paper; while Rembrandt's Portrait of a Man sells for £20.2 million ($33.2 million), the world record price for the artist at auction. Bickle71 (talk) 17:44, 6 January 2010 (UTC)