- 13% INCREASE ON CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR (IN £)
- NEW CLIENTS REPRESENT 19% OF ALL REGISTERED BIDS
- 31% INCREASE IN ASIAN CLIENTS REGISTERING TO BID IN NY AND LONDON
- 20% INCREASE IN VISITORS TO WWW.CHRISTIES.COM
- 15% INCREASE IN NUMBER OF CLIENTS BIDDING VIA CHRISTIE’S LIVE™
In the first six months of 2012, Christie’s sold 340 works at auction for over $1 million (376 in the same period 2011) and 26 for over $10 million (18 in the same period 2011). Average sold rates (by lot) stayed at 79%, on a par with the previous 2 years. The market at more accessible price levels also performed strongly; Christie’s South Kensington saleroom, which offers works of art from under £1,000, built on two consecutive years of record sales, recording its highest ever total for a corresponding period.
Looking forward, Christie’s will launch the first in a series of online-only auctions for a global collecting category in August with a sale of fine and rare wines.
Christie’s Half Year Figures_2012