• In 2021 and 2022, in association with the Gallery Climate Coalition, Christie’s entered a partnership with ClientEarth, a charity that advocates for environmental action to challenge industries, corporations and governments that are involved in the most polluting activities. Exceptional works donated by major international artists, including Cecily Brown, Rashid Johnson and Xie Nanxing, in partnership with their respective galleries – Hauser & Wirth, Thomas Dane Gallery and White Cube – were placed for auction in Christie’s 20th/21st Century marquee sales in London, New York and Hong Kong to raise funds directly in support of ClientEarth, raising £5,669,064 ($7,460,372).
• In June 2019, Christie’s soldThe David Gilmour Collection: the personal guitar collection of the rock 'n' roll legend David Gilmour — guitarist, singer and songwriter of Pink Floyd. One of the world’s most comprehensive groupings of guitars, the iconic collection achieved US$21.5 million, with all proceeds being donate to ClientEarth.
• Jonas Wood’s Japanese Garden 3 sold for $4,928,500 in May 2019, benefitting Global Wildlife Conservation (GWC). The proceeds funded a 600,000-acre reserve of South American rainforest that aids the area’s biodiversity including protecting several native endangered species and combating climate change. The work was donated by the artist in a collaboration that was initiated by Art to Acres, a non-profit foundation dedicated to raising funds for land conservation through art sales. Additionally, GWC and Rainforest Trust offered a 400% match of the hammer price of Japanese Garden 3 to go towards funding the reserve.
• In April 2019, the proceeds of 9 works sold as part of the Thinking Italian sale benefitted the Water Academy SRD, an international platform who operate in Higher Education and Scientific Research, alongside an annual symposium, in order to promote a new culture of water.
• The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller that raised $835 million in May 2018, the most significant philanthropic auction ever. Proceeds were directed, among other organisations, to: American Farmland Trust, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, Mount Desert Land and Garden Preserve, and The Stone Barns Restoration Corporation – Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, among others.
• $38.8 million was raised in The 11th Hour charity auction in May 2013, organised by Leonardo DiCaprio and Christie’s to benefit environmental and conservation causes chosen by the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation and a panel of environmental experts.
• Christie’s Green: A Bid to Save the Earth raised $657,000 in May 2010, with proceeds divided among four leading not-for-profit environmental organisations: Conservation International, Oceana, Natural Resources Defense Council and the Central Park Conservancy.