Christie’s Auction Rakes in $1.1 Billion as Pollock Sells For Triple Record Price

Blue-chip auction house Christie’s pulled in $1.1 billion in back-to-back sales held the evening of May 18, thanks to record-setting prices commanded by numerous works on offer. Chief among these was an eleven-foot-wide 1948 Jackson Pollock drip painting, Number 7A, which entered the sale with a $100 million guarantee and hammered for $181.2 million with […]