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From: International Herald Tribune | Date: December 21, 2005| Author: Linda Sandler and Celestine Bohlen | Copyright information


International Herald Tribune

12-21-2005

Christie's International, owned by the French billionaire Francois Pinault, racked up more sales in France than any other auction house for the third year in a row as it reached for a bigger share of the art market.Christie's, the world's biggest art seller, said Tuesday that it had 2005 French sales of §115 million, or $138 million, up 33 percent from §86.4 million last year. It is now selling 2.6 times more art in Fran...

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