Sales Jump Nearly 30% In First Half At Christie's

From: The Washington Post | Date: July 15, 2007| Author: Linda Sandler | Copyright information

Christie's International, the world's largest art seller, said auctions rose almost 30 percent on premium prices for Warhols and an influx of new buyers.

Christie's, based in London, sold $3.09 billion of art and collectibles in the first half of the year, compared with $2.38 billion a year earlier, spokesman Toby Usnik said in an e-mail. Contemporary auctions more than doubled to $933 million including an Andy Warhol car-crash picture that took in $71.7 million in New York.

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