Christie's Auction House

Christie's auction house Christie's, one of the world's largest and oldest auction houses, holds 450 auctions every year, working with over 80 categories of art, jewelry and wine Christie's was founded in London in 1766 by antique collector James Christie. Over the years, Christie's has auctioned world masterpieces, including works by Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Picasso, van Gogh, Klimt and Modigliani. Christie's has 90 offices in 35 countries. LONDON AMSTERDAM MILAN PARIS GENEVĀ ZURICH NEW YORK DUBAI HỒNG KONG countries with Christie's offices - cities where auctions are held DUBAI Most expensive paintings sold by Christie's 1990 1998 2000 2006 2007 2008 "Portrait of Dr. Gache by Vincent van Gogh. 1890 "Woman with Folded Arms" by Pablo Picasso. 1902 "Green Car Crash" by Andy Warhol. 1963 "Self-Portrait "Portrait of Adele "Water-Lily Pond" by Claude Monet. 1919 without Beard" by Vincent van Gogh. Bloch-Bauer II" by Gustav Klimt. 1912 1889 $82,5min $71,5mln 55 $87,9min $71,7mln Umln $JImln mln RIANOVOSTI O 2011 wwW.RIA.RU