Christie's sweeps 2005 in its year of the French

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: December 31, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Souren Melikian
International Herald Tribune
12-31-2005
It is happy New Year tidings for some in the French auction world, but not for all. This year, furious competition upset the precarious balance that at one point had the Tajan group running ahead of its French competitors, with the two international giants Christie's and Sotheby's kept at a safe distance; foreign companies were only allowed to hold auctions on French territory in 2001.The victor that emerged like a shooting star in 2005 was Christie's. The sales of its French branch totaled 115 million, or $137 million, up by one-third ...

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