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27% Increase Year on Year

16% of Bidders were New to Christie’s

26% of New Registrants were Millennials

88% SOLD BY LOT; 81% HAMMER BY LOW ESTIMATE
BIDDERS FROM 25 NATIONS ACROSS THE AMERICAS, EUROPE, AND ASIA

~ A gift from the artist over 200 years ago ~

Christie’s Old Masters Part I Sale, London 6 July

During Classic Week

Re-discovered after two centuries in a UK collection 

Christie’s Old Masters Part I Sale, London 6 July

During Classic Week

REMASTERED: OLD MASTERS FROM THE COLLECTION OF J.E. SAFRA - SELLING WITHOUT RESERVE
Paintings from the Baroque through 19th Century

OLD MASTERS
Paintings by Jacob Ruisdael, Giuseppe Vermiglio, Benjamin West, Balthasar van der Ast, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Martin van Cleve, Lucas Cranach the Younger

LIVE AUCTIONS: 24, 25 MAY
ON VIEW: 20-24 MAY

Masterpieces by Tetrode and Foggini acquired by major museums

OLD MASTERS SALES TOP $70 MILLION FOR WEEK

7 RECORDS SET: Francisco de Goya | Jean-Baptiste Oudry| Marinus van Reymerswale | Gerard de Lairesse | Thomas Daniell | Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari| Jean Valette-Falgores, called Penot

LIVE AUCTIONS: 25, 26 AND 27 JANUARY

ONLINE AUCTION: 23 - 31 JANUARY

ON VIEW: 21 - 26 JANUARY

LIVE AUCTION: 25 January 2023

PICTURES FROM THE DUTCH GOLDEN AGE TO THE 19TH CENTURY ASSEMBLED BY THE REFINED EYE OF THE COLLECTOR

Establishing 5 Artist Records

led by Hans Holbein the Younger and Workshop

~ Welcoming Registered Bidders from across 15 Countries and 4 Continents ~

Christie’s Classic Week sales continue

presenting art from antiquity to modern classics

Proceeds going to the Sam Bernhard Levie heir will fund ongoing educational work regarding the Holocaust

Being offered in the Paris Old Master Paintings live auction 17 November