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Auction house sells $1.5 billion of art in three days
Pablo Picasso's 'The Women of Algiers,'
Christie's made history Wednesday by becoming the first auction house to cross the $1 billion mark in art sales in just one week.
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It has been a great week for Christie's auction house as it has sold $1.54 billion of fine art and collectibles within three days.
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With nine auctions held so far this week, two of its auctions make up 90% of the great sales so far.
Kicking off the great week was undefined which sold for $179.4 million on Monday, becoming the most expensive painting to ever sell at auction.
Alberto Giacometti bronze, 'L'homme au doigt,' sold at $141.3 million. Other notable sales include undefined
With six more auctions scheduled for Thursday and Friday in London and New York, the week promises to be a better one.
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