Christie´s is a British auction house founded in 1766 by James Christie. Its main premises are on King Street, St James´s in London, at Rockefeller Center in New York City and at Alexandra House in Hong Kong. It is owned by Groupe Artémis, the holding company of François-Henri Pinault. Sales in 2015 totalled £4.8 billion (US$7.4 billion). In 2017, the Salvator Mundi was sold for $400 million at Christie´s in New York, at the time the highest price ever paid for a single painting at an auction.
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