Christie's was founded by James 1766? Founded in London, Christie's is the oldest art auction house in the world, with a large number of rare works of art, watches, jewelry, cars and famous wines from all over the world. At present, Christie's has offices in 90 major cities around the world, and auctions are held regularly in 16 locations around the world. In addition, it also provides auction-related services, including art storage and security, education, art photo gallery and property. In 2005, Christie's global auction turnover reached 654.38+08 billion pounds (US$ 3.2 billion), the highest in Christie's history, further confirming its leading position in the industry.
1986 65438+ 10, Christie's held its first auction in Hong Kong, and launched 19 China's collection of paintings, calligraphy, jade and jewelry from the 20th century. The response was enthusiastic, and the total turnover exceeded140,000 Hong Kong dollars. The second year, the first auction of China ceramic handicrafts was held, which laid a solid foundation for its future development. After 20 years of development and innovation, up to now, the auction held twice a year has covered as many as 10 lots, including China's fine palace art, China's ancient and modern calligraphy and painting, 20th century China art, Asian contemporary art, Southeast Asian painting, jewelry and famous watches.
In 2005, Christie's in Hong Kong achieved a total turnover of HK$ 2.07 billion, setting a record for the total auction turnover in Asia. Among them, the total turnover of Asian art auctions exceeded HK$ 6,543.804 billion, setting a world record for the total annual turnover of Asian art auctions. At present, Christie's market share in Asia is 57%, setting a record for the total auction turnover in Asia in 12.
Edward Dolman, CEO of Christie's International, said: "The Asian auction market has been booming and the number of customers has been increasing. Christie's business in this area is growing particularly rapidly. In the past 20 years, Christie's Hong Kong has played an extremely important role in the Asian auction market, achieved outstanding achievements and written a brilliant page in the group's 240-year history. "
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Sotheby's auction house in Hong Kong
Sotheby's London 65438-0744 is one of the oldest art auctioneers in the world. The company was originally founded by Sam? Baker Samuel
Founded by Baker, it mainly engaged in book auction in its early years, and once provided trading opportunities for large-scale collections of outstanding figures in history, such as Napoleon.
Before the end of World War I, Sotheby's auction projects had been extended to related categories such as printed matter, medals and coins. Sotheby's also moved to its famous location in New Pound Street at this time, and has since become the London headquarters of our company. Moving to this fashionable street also announced the arrival of Sotheby's new century-the transaction amount of paintings and other works of art finally began to surpass books and documents. It is a prudent decision to move towards more diversified auction categories, and the key points leading this change are master paintings and sketches. Diversification will be fixed and the company will be established in Peter in the future1960s. Wilson
The explosive growth under the leadership of Peter Wilson laid a solid foundation.
Wilson joined our company on 1936, and he pushed Sotheby's to the international stage. After making full preparations, Wilson was ready to catch up with the super-popularity of impressionism and modern painting at that time. The most famous and far-reaching auction during his term of office should belong to the Goldschmidt auction in 1958. Seven paintings were sold in just 2 1 minute, with a total turnover of 78. 1 10,000 pounds, which was the highest art auction at that time. Cezanne's painting The Boy in the Red Vest was sold to Paul for ￡ 220,000. Meilong
Paul Mellon, more than five times the previous sales record. This was the focus news of the social edition of that year, and it may also be the most sensational art auction in this century.
Long before the rise of its competitors, Sotheby's has been recognized by the market and pushed its artworks to the international market, thanks to Wilson's unique vision. So our company opened another new york office in 1955, and more importantly, we bought Parker-Bonnet Park-Bernet, the largest art auctioneer in the United States, in 1964. After being acquired by Sotheby's, Parker-Bonne Company played a key role in the North American market where impressionism and modern painting prevailed.
As the largest auctioneer in the United States and a member of Sotheby's, Parker bonet began to seek more opportunities abroad, and overseas offices mushroomed. [Zhu]
Julian Thompson set up Sotheby's office in Hong Kong in 1973, becoming the first auction base set up by an auction company in Asia. He also held Sotheby's first auction in Asia at Yu Wenhua Hotel, which was a great success and laid a good foundation for Hong Kong businessmen. Zhu also witnessed the auction activities of some individual collectors who are still very popular today, including collectors Zhao Congyan, Qiu and Bao Luo? [Latin] Really
Paul bernat and the collection auction of British Railway Retirement Foundation, etc.
So far, many record auction prices of China artworks are still unmatched. For example, Zhang Daqian's Lotus Screen was sold for $2.6 million in 2002 10, setting a new high in the auction of modern Chinese paintings in the world. Also in 2002, a Qing Yongzheng pastel bat peach olive bottle sold for more than $5.3 million, setting a world auction record for Sotheby's Qing Palace official kiln porcelain. Vase former ambassador Ogden? leite
Ogden D. Reid was found in a bedroom of new york's home and was used as a desk lamp!
When I first arrived in Hong Kong (fortunately, I haven't been drilled), its extravagant momentum was a sensation. A year later, the buyer decided to donate this olive bottle to Shanghai Museum for the world to watch forever!
In Asia, offices have been opened in Tokyo, Singapore, Taipei, Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur, Manila and Bangkok. Sotheby's just celebrated its 30th anniversary in Asia, and now it has a regular auction business in Hong Kong and Singapore. ]