He's also Christie's head of modern British and Irish art. He says a bidding war emerged ... in this age where things are whirling about and images are bombarding us left and right, to pick ...

The new timing meant more in-person bidding and increased activity all round, said the auctioneers at each sale, Adrien Meyer at Christie’s and Alexander Branczik at Sotheby’s. It also gave ...

Christie's held an auction for "The Bay of Eze," a painting by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. With fees and all, the painting ended up selling for 945,000 pounds.