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Christie's American branch at Rockefeller Center in New York. Christie's is a British auction house founded in 1766 by James Christie.Its main premises are on King Street, St James's in London, and it has additional salerooms in New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Milan, Amsterdam, Geneva, Shanghai, and Dubai. [3]
The 1950 sculpture was owned by Eliot Noyes, a close friend of Calder's, and then his family until 2012, when it was sold at Christie's; the saleroom created a catalog for Noyes' Calder pieces that capitalized on the connection to the owner as well as the artist. It achieved US$10,386,500, a record price for a Calder work and the most expensive ...
Only three years later he was appointed General Manager of Christie's New York, where he remained until 1970. Returning to London, he was a director of Christie, Manson & Woods from 1970, Deputy Chairman from 1985 and Chairman from 1986 to 1996, when he took over as Chairman of Christie's International, in which post he stayed until 2002.
Christie’s feud with Kushner family. Wednesday 7 June 2023 17:00, Gustaf Kilander. Mr Trump’s meme-sharing comes after Mr Christie went after Ms Trump and Mr Kushner.
James Christie the Younger (1773–1831) was an English antiquarian, auctioneer, and eldest son of James Christie, founder of Christie's. Though his family didn't originally intend for him to go into the business, Christie followed in his father's footsteps to become an auctioneer.
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Donald J. Harris (b.August 23, 1938) was born in Brown's Town, Jamaica, to Oscar Joseph Harris and Beryl Christie Finegan, Afro-Jamaicans.Oscar's parents were, Joseph Alexander Harris and ...
Following Dickens's death in 1870, the taxidermied remains of Grip were sold at a Christie's auction alongside his other possessions. [24] The raven was recorded as "Mr. Dickens's Favourite Raven — in a glazed case". [26] According to London newspapers of the time, Grip was "the subject of a hot rivalry in Christie's sale-room".