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Also known as Christie Manson & Woods, Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc.

thumb|Christie's American branch at Rockefeller Center in New York '''Christie's''' is a British auction house founded in 1766 by James Christie. Its main premises are on King Street, St James's in London, and it has additional salerooms in New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Milan, Geneva, Shanghai, and Dubai. It is owned by Groupe Artémis, the holding company of François Pinault. In 2022 Christie's sold US$8.4 billion in art and luxury goods, an all-time high for any auction house. On 15 November 2017, the Salvator Mundi was sold at Christie's in New York for $450 million to Saudi Prince Badr bin Ab

Key facts

Company.name
Christie's
Company.logo
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Company.image
Christie's King Street.jpg
Company.image_caption
Christie's in King Street, St James's
Company.type
Subsidiary
Company.founder
James Christie
Company.location_city
London
Company.location_country
England
Company.owner
François Pinault
Company.area_served
Worldwide
Company.industry
Art, auctions
Company.revenue
billion (2025)
Company.parent
Groupe Artémis

via Wikipedia infobox

Research organization · ROR

Type
Funder, Other
Founded
1766
Location
London, United Kingdom
Status
Active

GRID grid.478725.b · ISNI 0000 0004 0427 0067

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Encyclopedic overview

26 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Founding
  • 20th century
  • 21st century
  • Commissions
  • Locations
  • Europe
  • Americas
  • Asia
  • Notable auctions
  • Paintings
  • Jewellery
  • Sculptures
  • Documents
  • Fossils
  • Other
  • Criticism
  • Price-fixing scandal in 2000
  • Insufficient or invalid provenance for looted works
  • Blockchain Technology at Auctions
  • Christie's Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS)
  • Educational and other ventures
  • Management
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

thumb|Christie's American branch at Rockefeller Center in New York '''Christie's''' is a British auction house founded in 1766 by James Christie. Its main premises are on King Street, St James's in London, and it has additional salerooms in New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Milan, Geneva, Shanghai, and Dubai. It is owned by Groupe Artémis, the holding company of François Pinault. In 2022 Christie's sold US$8.4 billion in art and luxury goods, an all-time high for any auction house. On 15 November 2017, the Salvator Mundi was sold at Christie's in New York for $450 million to Saudi Prince Badr bin Abdullah Al Saud, the highest price ever paid for a painting.

== History == thumb|In A Peep at Christies (1799), James Gillray caricatured actress [[Elizabeth Farren and huntsman Lord Derby examining paintings appropriate to their tastes and heights.]]

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