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CHRISTIE'S RETURNS UP BY 16% IN 2013
22 January 2014
Catégorie : MARKET
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Christie's world Art Sales in 2013 totalled 4.54
billion GBP (7.13 billion US), up 16% with 30% of new buyers while sales in
China and India increased by 44%.
This figure is the highest sales total for Christie's
or any auction house in the history of the art market. Christie's
sales figures were driven by an increase in new buyers across all geographies
coming to the market, including from growth markets such as China and through
the Internet.Thirty percent of buyers were new in 2013 and accounted
for 22% of the sales total.
Steven P. Murphy, Chief Executive Officer, Christie's,
said: “With 16% sales growth and 30% new buyers coming in 2013, Christie's has
succeeded again by focusing on the art and connecting it to the ever-increasing audience of enthusiasts and collectors. We continue to
see a surge in interest across categories and across the globe, fuelled in
large part by the online platform enabling greater connectivity between buyers,
sellers and the objects of their pursuit. Our strategy to invest in new markets
such as China, new channels such as Private Sales and online sales, and to
build on our position at the leading auction house, has enabled Christie's to
grow. Our continuing goal is to provide more to our clients and to convene new
clients to enjoy art, be it through auctions,exhibitions or online.”
Auction sales continued to be the primary driver of
activity with robust global growth of 15% year-on-year at 3.77 billion GBP (5.9
billion USD, up 12%). Christie's sold 58 works of art for over 10 million USD
each during 2013 and achieved seven of the top 10 artwork prices in the auction
market. In total, 731 lots were sold for over 1 million USD each during the
year. Private Sales grew 20% totalling 760.5 million GBP (1.19 billion USD, up
18%). Christie's online channel demonstrated growing potential, while
representing a small overall proportion of sales.
Online-only sales totalled 13.2 million GBP (20.8
million USD) – they were a clear, key driver of attracting new buyers and
increasing global accessibility to acquiring authenticated art and luxury
goods. Forty-five percent of buyers on the online platform were new to
Christie's, with registrants from over 100 countries. The top price achieved in any online-only sale was 387,750 USD for an
original Apple computer, now known as the Apple-1. The highest price paid for a
work of art in the live auction room via Christie's LIVE™ was for Zao Wou-Ki's
09.05.61 which realized HK$13.2 million (1.1 million GBP / 1.7
million USD). Unique visitors to Christies.com were also up 19% on 2012, to
20.6 million.
Post-War and Contemporary Art had a remarkable year
with total sales of 1.3 billion GBP (2 billion USD) up 29% on 2012 (26% in $).
Notably in New York where Christie's Fall evening sale realized 691.6 million
USD, the highest total ever in the history of the art market. Christie's also
had a record year in luxury goods sales with Jewellery sales totalling 432
million GBP (678 million USD), a global year-on-year increase of 20% (18% in
$), with growth experienced in all regions: Europe (+14%), the US (+21%) and
Asia (+29%). This record result delivered the 20th successive year of auction
market leadership in Jewellery. Demand for Asian Art continued, increasing 44%
year-on-year to 599 million GBP (940.6 million USD, up 42%). Other collecting
categories that grew in 2013 included Arts of the Americas (American Art, Furniture
& Works of Art and Latin American Art), which realised 121.4 million GBP,
up 38% on 2012 (190.6 million USD, up 36%) and Prints, which realised 51.8
million GBP, up 79% (81.4 million USD, up 75%).
Strong results were recorded in all regional sites
during 2013, with significant activity in Asia driven by strong Hong Kong
sales, up 32% (30% in $) and the company's historic expansion into mainland
China via its Shanghai sale. The growth in new clients from China and the
potential of this area of the art market was reflected in the firm's highly
successful inaugural Shanghai sale, which totalled 15.5 million GBP (24.9
million USD). Sales in Europe totalled 1.33 billion GBP (2.1 billion USD),
Americas totalled 1.8 billion GBP (2.8 billion USD) and Asia totalled 622.6 million GBP (977.5 million USD). The
increasing power of the Chinese buyer in the global art market was also evident
with Chinese buyers accounting for 22% of global sales, a 63% increase on spend
during 2012.
Christie's also expanded into India in 2013 and held
its first sale in Mumbai in December, which realised 9.4 million GBP (15.4
million USD), more than doubling pre-sale expectations and attracted new
buyers, including 35% who had never done business with Christie's.
TOP TEN LOTS SOLD AT AUCTION AT CHRISTIE'S IN 2013
$142,405,000
£89,715,150
Francis Bacon, Three Studies of Lucian Freud, oil on canvas, in 3 parts, painted in 1969 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR ANY WORK OF ART New York 12
Nov 2013
$58,405,000
£36,795,150
Jeff Koons, Balloon Dog (Orange), mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating,
executed in 1994-2000. This work is one of five unique versions WORLD
AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR A LIVING ARTIST New York
12 Nov 2013
$58,363,750
£38,520,075
Jackson Pollock, Number 19, oil and enamel on paper mounted on canvas, painted in 1948 WORLD AUCTION
RECORD FOR THE ARTIST New York 15 May 2013
$57,285,000
£36,089,550
Andy Warhol, Coca-Cola [3], casein on cotton, painted in 1962 New York 12 Nov 2013
$56,123,750
£37,041,675
Roy Lichtenstein, Woman with Flowered Hat, magna on canvas, painted in 1963 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
New York 15 May 2013
$48,843,750
£32,236,875
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Dustheads, acrylic, oilstick,
spray enamel and metallic paint on canvas, painted in 1982 WORLD
AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST New York 15 May 2013
$46,085,000
£29,033,550
Mark Rothko, No. 11 (Untitled), oil on canvas, painted in 1957 New York 12 Nov 2013
£26,921,250
$42,104,835
Amedeo Modigliani, Jeanne Hébuterne (au chapeau), oil on canvas, painted in 1919 London 6 Feb 2013
$40,485,000
£24,695,850
Edward Hopper, East Wind Over Weehawken, oil on canvas, painted in 1934 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
New York 5 Dec 2013
$39,323,750
£25,560,438
The Princie Diamond. A cushion-cut Fancy Intense Pink Golconda diamond of 34.65 carats WORLD AUCTION
RECORD FOR A GOLCONDA DIAMOND MOST EXPENSIVE DIAMOND EVER SOLD AT CHRISTIE'S
AND IN THE UNITED STATES New York 16 Apr 2013
ADDITIONAL KEY LOTS 2013
$12,962,500
£8,166,375
Baccio della Porta, called Fra Bartolommeo
(1472-1517),The Madonna and Child, oil on panel WORLD RECORD PRICE
FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION 30
January 2013 Renaissance, New York
$6,059,750
£3,938,838
Crick, Francis Harry Compton (1916-2004). Autograph Letter
Signed ("Daddy") to his son Michael, outlining the revolutionary
discovery of the structure and function of DNA. Cambridge, 19 March 1953 WORLD
AUCTION RECORD FOR ANY LETTER 10 April 2013
The Francis Crick 'Secret of Life' Letter: A remarkable
letter to his son, revealing one of the most important scientific
discoveries of the 20th Century, New York
$1,713,285
HK$13,230,000
Zao Wou-Ki, 09.05.61, oil on canvas, painted in 1961 TOP
LOTS SOLD VIA CHRISTIE'S LIVE™ 25 May 2013 Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art, Hong Kong
$387,750
£259,793
An Apple-1 Personal Computer APPLE COMPUTER COMPANY,
1976 TOP LOT SOLD IN AN ONLINE-ONLY SALE 24 Jun – 9 Jul, 2013 First Bytes: Iconic Technology from the Twentieth
Century, Online-Only
$22,432,117
£14,845,875
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Love among the Ruins,watercolour, bodycolour and gum arabic on paper WORLD
RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR A PRE-RAPHAELITE
PAINTING SOLD AT AUCTION 11 July 2013 Important Victorian & British
Impressionist Art, London
$1,875,528
RMB11,534,500
Pablo Picasso, Homme assis, oil on panel laid down on cradled
panel, painted in 1969 FIRST TIME A PICASSO SOLD AT AUCTION IN MAINLAND CHINA 26 September 2013 Christie's Inaugural Shanghai
Auction
$5,389075
£3,350,595
A pair of carved alabaster mourners from the tomb of
Jean de France (1340-1416), Duc de Berry, Etienne Bobillet and Paul Mosselmann
(known from 1441 to 1467), Bourges, circa 1450-1453 TOP LOT SOLD IN CHRISTIE'S
PARIS 8 November 2013 Le goût français
- Arts décoratifs du XIIe au XIXe siècle, Paris
$9,701,822
£6,018,500
Sir Stanley Spencer, Christ Preaching at Cookham
Regatta: Conversation Between Punts, 1955 WORLD RECORD PRICE
FOR THE CATEGORY AT AUCTION WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION
20 November 2013 Modern British and Irish Art Evening Auction, London
$14,675,904
£9,093,172
Zeng Fanzhi, Hospital Series No. 3, 1992 TOP LOT SOLD IN CHRISTIE'S ASIA 23 November 2013 Asian
20th Century & Contemporary Art, Hong Kong
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Christie's world Art Sales in 2013 totalled 4.54
billion GBP (7.13 billion US), up 16% with 30% of new buyers while sales in
China and India increased by 44%.
This figure is the highest sales total for Christie's
or any auction house in the history of the art market. Christie's
sales figures were driven by an increase in new buyers across all geographies
coming to the market, including from growth markets such as China and through
the Internet.Thirty percent of buyers were new in 2013 and accounted
for 22% of the sales total.
Steven P. Murphy, Chief Executive Officer, Christie's,
said: “With 16% sales growth and 30% new buyers coming in 2013, Christie's has
succeeded again by focusing on the art and connecting it to the ever-increasing audience of enthusiasts and collectors. We continue to
see a surge in interest across categories and across the globe, fuelled in
large part by the online platform enabling greater connectivity between buyers,
sellers and the objects of their pursuit. Our strategy to invest in new markets
such as China, new channels such as Private Sales and online sales, and to
build on our position at the leading auction house, has enabled Christie's to
grow. Our continuing goal is to provide more to our clients and to convene new
clients to enjoy art, be it through auctions,exhibitions or online.”
Auction sales continued to be the primary driver of
activity with robust global growth of 15% year-on-year at 3.77 billion GBP (5.9
billion USD, up 12%). Christie's sold 58 works of art for over 10 million USD
each during 2013 and achieved seven of the top 10 artwork prices in the auction
market. In total, 731 lots were sold for over 1 million USD each during the
year. Private Sales grew 20% totalling 760.5 million GBP (1.19 billion USD, up
18%). Christie's online channel demonstrated growing potential, while
representing a small overall proportion of sales.
Online-only sales totalled 13.2 million GBP (20.8
million USD) – they were a clear, key driver of attracting new buyers and
increasing global accessibility to acquiring authenticated art and luxury
goods. Forty-five percent of buyers on the online platform were new to
Christie's, with registrants from over 100 countries. The top price achieved in any online-only sale was 387,750 USD for an
original Apple computer, now known as the Apple-1. The highest price paid for a
work of art in the live auction room via Christie's LIVE™ was for Zao Wou-Ki's
09.05.61 which realized HK$13.2 million (1.1 million GBP / 1.7
million USD). Unique visitors to Christies.com were also up 19% on 2012, to
20.6 million.
Post-War and Contemporary Art had a remarkable year
with total sales of 1.3 billion GBP (2 billion USD) up 29% on 2012 (26% in $).
Notably in New York where Christie's Fall evening sale realized 691.6 million
USD, the highest total ever in the history of the art market. Christie's also
had a record year in luxury goods sales with Jewellery sales totalling 432
million GBP (678 million USD), a global year-on-year increase of 20% (18% in
$), with growth experienced in all regions: Europe (+14%), the US (+21%) and
Asia (+29%). This record result delivered the 20th successive year of auction
market leadership in Jewellery. Demand for Asian Art continued, increasing 44%
year-on-year to 599 million GBP (940.6 million USD, up 42%). Other collecting
categories that grew in 2013 included Arts of the Americas (American Art, Furniture
& Works of Art and Latin American Art), which realised 121.4 million GBP,
up 38% on 2012 (190.6 million USD, up 36%) and Prints, which realised 51.8
million GBP, up 79% (81.4 million USD, up 75%).
Strong results were recorded in all regional sites
during 2013, with significant activity in Asia driven by strong Hong Kong
sales, up 32% (30% in $) and the company's historic expansion into mainland
China via its Shanghai sale. The growth in new clients from China and the
potential of this area of the art market was reflected in the firm's highly
successful inaugural Shanghai sale, which totalled 15.5 million GBP (24.9
million USD). Sales in Europe totalled 1.33 billion GBP (2.1 billion USD),
Americas totalled 1.8 billion GBP (2.8 billion USD) and Asia totalled 622.6 million GBP (977.5 million USD). The
increasing power of the Chinese buyer in the global art market was also evident
with Chinese buyers accounting for 22% of global sales, a 63% increase on spend
during 2012.
Christie's also expanded into India in 2013 and held
its first sale in Mumbai in December, which realised 9.4 million GBP (15.4
million USD), more than doubling pre-sale expectations and attracted new
buyers, including 35% who had never done business with Christie's.
TOP TEN LOTS SOLD AT AUCTION AT CHRISTIE'S IN 2013
$142,405,000
£89,715,150
Francis Bacon, Three Studies of Lucian Freud, oil on canvas, in 3 parts, painted in 1969 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR ANY WORK OF ART New York 12
Nov 2013
$58,405,000
£36,795,150
Jeff Koons, Balloon Dog (Orange), mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating,
executed in 1994-2000. This work is one of five unique versions WORLD
AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR A LIVING ARTIST New York
12 Nov 2013
$58,363,750
£38,520,075
Jackson Pollock, Number 19, oil and enamel on paper mounted on canvas, painted in 1948 WORLD AUCTION
RECORD FOR THE ARTIST New York 15 May 2013
$57,285,000
£36,089,550
Andy Warhol, Coca-Cola [3], casein on cotton, painted in 1962 New York 12 Nov 2013
$56,123,750
£37,041,675
Roy Lichtenstein, Woman with Flowered Hat, magna on canvas, painted in 1963 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
New York 15 May 2013
$48,843,750
£32,236,875
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Dustheads, acrylic, oilstick,
spray enamel and metallic paint on canvas, painted in 1982 WORLD
AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST New York 15 May 2013
$46,085,000
£29,033,550
Mark Rothko, No. 11 (Untitled), oil on canvas, painted in 1957 New York 12 Nov 2013
£26,921,250
$42,104,835
Amedeo Modigliani, Jeanne Hébuterne (au chapeau), oil on canvas, painted in 1919 London 6 Feb 2013
$40,485,000
£24,695,850
Edward Hopper, East Wind Over Weehawken, oil on canvas, painted in 1934 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
New York 5 Dec 2013
$39,323,750
£25,560,438
The Princie Diamond. A cushion-cut Fancy Intense Pink Golconda diamond of 34.65 carats WORLD AUCTION
RECORD FOR A GOLCONDA DIAMOND MOST EXPENSIVE DIAMOND EVER SOLD AT CHRISTIE'S
AND IN THE UNITED STATES New York 16 Apr 2013
ADDITIONAL KEY LOTS 2013
$12,962,500
£8,166,375
Baccio della Porta, called Fra Bartolommeo
(1472-1517),The Madonna and Child, oil on panel WORLD RECORD PRICE
FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION 30
January 2013 Renaissance, New York
$6,059,750
£3,938,838
Crick, Francis Harry Compton (1916-2004). Autograph Letter
Signed ("Daddy") to his son Michael, outlining the revolutionary
discovery of the structure and function of DNA. Cambridge, 19 March 1953 WORLD
AUCTION RECORD FOR ANY LETTER 10 April 2013
The Francis Crick 'Secret of Life' Letter: A remarkable
letter to his son, revealing one of the most important scientific
discoveries of the 20th Century, New York
$1,713,285
HK$13,230,000
Zao Wou-Ki, 09.05.61, oil on canvas, painted in 1961 TOP
LOTS SOLD VIA CHRISTIE'S LIVE™ 25 May 2013 Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art, Hong Kong
$387,750
£259,793
An Apple-1 Personal Computer APPLE COMPUTER COMPANY,
1976 TOP LOT SOLD IN AN ONLINE-ONLY SALE 24 Jun – 9 Jul, 2013 First Bytes: Iconic Technology from the Twentieth
Century, Online-Only
$22,432,117
£14,845,875
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Love among the Ruins,watercolour, bodycolour and gum arabic on paper WORLD
RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR A PRE-RAPHAELITE
PAINTING SOLD AT AUCTION 11 July 2013 Important Victorian & British
Impressionist Art, London
$1,875,528
RMB11,534,500
Pablo Picasso, Homme assis, oil on panel laid down on cradled
panel, painted in 1969 FIRST TIME A PICASSO SOLD AT AUCTION IN MAINLAND CHINA 26 September 2013 Christie's Inaugural Shanghai
Auction
$5,389075
£3,350,595
A pair of carved alabaster mourners from the tomb of
Jean de France (1340-1416), Duc de Berry, Etienne Bobillet and Paul Mosselmann
(known from 1441 to 1467), Bourges, circa 1450-1453 TOP LOT SOLD IN CHRISTIE'S
PARIS 8 November 2013 Le goût français
- Arts décoratifs du XIIe au XIXe siècle, Paris
$9,701,822
£6,018,500
Sir Stanley Spencer, Christ Preaching at Cookham
Regatta: Conversation Between Punts, 1955 WORLD RECORD PRICE
FOR THE CATEGORY AT AUCTION WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION
20 November 2013 Modern British and Irish Art Evening Auction, London
$14,675,904
£9,093,172
Zeng Fanzhi, Hospital Series No. 3, 1992 TOP LOT SOLD IN CHRISTIE'S ASIA 23 November 2013 Asian
20th Century & Contemporary Art, Hong Kong
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