Christies Auction

Yves Saint Laurent's Final Sale

Yomi Abiola | Posted 11.16.2009 | Style


Yomi Abiola

Two beautifully sculpted guards stood outside the doors of Christie's auction house yesterday, ready to receive the crowd that would be arriving at part two of the Yves Saint Laurent sale.

Yves Saint Laurent Auction: Record Brancusi, Matisse, Mondrian Sales (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 03.26.2009 | Style


***UPDATED 4:45pm ET*** The world may be embroiled in a crippling credit crisis, but that didn't stop collectors from paying record prices at what Ch...

Onassis Jewels Fetch $13.3 Million At Auction

Reuters | Posted 06.20.2008 | Business


Jewellery belonging to Christina Onassis, daughter of Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis who struggled to find happiness despite her family's wea...

Nude Portrait Expected To Fetch $35 Million At Auction

Times | Dalya Alberge | Posted 04.19.2008 | Business


A Lucian Freud portrait of a 20-stone female benefits supervisor looks set to break the world auction record for any work by a living artist, despite ...

Christie's To Auction 101-Carat Diamond For $8 Million

Bloomberg | Le-Min Lim, Scott Reyburn | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


A 101-carat, near-flawless diamond may fetch more than $8 million at a Christie's International sale in Hong Kong, the first time a gem of this qualit...