ART AUCTIONS BUSTLING AT CHRISTIE'S
January 5, 1990
NEW YORK
Christie's International Plc says it had the most successful autumn season in its 222 years of fine art auctioneering. Annual sales for 1989 exceeded $2 billion, more than the total in the first five years of the 1980s.
In the autumn season, Christie's sold 115 works of art for more than $1 million, as compared with 50 in the fall of 1988.