Christie's specialists take a look back through 2018 and pick out some of their highlights of the year
Lessons from 36 years with Christie’s, including Ammi Phillips, Folk art, American collectors’ passion for history, and changing consignors’ lives
Well-known alumni, including Jussi Pylkkänen, Tobias Meyer and Jennifer Roberts, explain how it helped to launch their careers
The brilliant Chinese jewellery designer reveals the inspiration behind his pioneering creations — and his upcoming exhibition at Christie’s in Hong Kong
To celebrate a highly prized classic of American design selling for $3,372,500 on 13 December, specialist Beth Vilnsky advises on what to consider when buying a Tiffany lamp
To mark 25 consecutive years as market leaders and the record-breaking price for the Winston Pink Legacy diamond, we look back at historic pieces sold at Christie’s
Kept under wraps for almost a century, this superb collection came into the light with its sale at Christie’s in Paris on 30 October
The theoretical physicist’s PhD thesis, key papers, wheelchair and more were offered in a special online sale at Christie’s
Einstein’s ‘God letter’, his single most famous letter on God, Judaism, and man’s eternal search for meaning, which sold for a record $2,892,500 on 4 December
Found in a sealed compartment in the cellars of the Liberty Hall Museum in New Jersey, Madeira from 1796 — and in the attic, demijohns from the 1820s
The 1929 masterpiece became the most expensive work of pre-war American art when it sold for $91,875,000 (including buyer’s premium) on 13 November
Why this 18.96-carat Fancy Vivid Pink diamond, which was promptly renamed The Winston Pink Legacy, sold for CHF50,375,000 in Geneva
The story behind Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), which realised $90.3 million on 15 November to set a new world record for a living artist
Post-War and Contemporary Art specialist Hala Khayat discusses Abdul Hadi El Gazzar’s 1951 masterwork, which sold in London in October
Retrieved from Nimrud in modern-day Iraq in the mid-19th century, Assyrian relief sells for $30,968.750 — a world record price
AI artwork sells for $432,500 — nearly 45 times its high estimate — as Christie’s becomes first auction house to offer a work created by an algorithm
Meredith Etherington-Smith salutes three generations of collectors from one family, whose collection was sold in Paris in September
The most significant charity auction ever staged is 100 per cent sold after 10 days of online sales and three days of live auctions
The work from The Collection of Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass led Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 20 June in London
This exceptional example of the most valuable illustrated book ever produced — and an icon of American art — was sold on 14 June to benefit conservation causes
Acquired directly from Brancusi, this unique portrait of Nancy Cunard comes to auction for the very first time on 15 May
Sold in May, a 1916 canvas that was included in every major survey of Malevich’s Suprematist works during his lifetime, and which revolutionised modern art
Francis Bacon's poignant celebration of George Dyer, the artist’s most important subject, starred in our Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 17 May
Why was the art of the ancient Mezcala civilisation so fascinating to the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Ilya Prigogine?
Harry Williams-Bulkeley, Christie's European Head of Silver, explains what makes this Dutch Golden Age silver ewer so extraordinary
New world auction records set for Edward Hopper, Willem de Kooning and many more as The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection totals $323.1 million
An April Christie's auctioned an important and long-lost portrait work by Lucas Cranach the Elder that had been recently returned to the heirs of Fritz Gutmann
In the late 19th century Emile Gallé’s vibrant glassware helped to transform ideas of what art could be. Specialist Carina Villinger shares her insights
Strong results for the best in art and luxury in 16 sales, including a record for the most expensive object ever sold by Christie’s in Asia
Highlights from Adventurous Spirit, a private collection sold across two auctions in December and February to benefit a charitable foundation