PARIS.- For 16 days, from 8 to 23 June 2022, Hubert de Givenchy's exceptional collection made le goût français and Paris shine throughout the world. This sale is a beautiful tribute to an exceptional collector who faithfully accompanied
Christie's France for 25 years. With 1229 lots, 6 days of pre-sale exhibition, 10,000 visitors, 6 auctions, more than 30 hours of live auctioneering, conducted by 6 auctioneers, more than a million people connected on Christie's social networks for the opening sale on 14 June, this sale will be always remembered as a milestone, not only in Christies history.
AN INTERNATIONAL APPEAL FOR LE GOÛT GIVENCHY
Worldwide participation: bidders from 48 countries and buyers from 34 countries
Geographical breakdown by buyers: 68% from EMEA, 27% AMERICAS and 5% APAC.
A SALE CONFIRMING THE RESILIANCE OF THE ART MARKET
Total: 118,116,172 / $123,694,746 / £101,932,654 doubling the low pre-sale estimate
27% of new bidders and 24% of new buyers
14% of new registrants were millennials
Online sale: tripled its low pre-sale estimate due to more than 1000 registrants
85% of all lots sold above high pre-sale estimate
5 lots sold above 5 Million (see below Top 10 for details), and 20 lots above 1 Million
Top lot: la Femme qui marche [I] by Alberto Giacometti sold for 27 Million, becoming the most expensive lot sold in France to date in 2022
19 new world auction records set mainly for classic works of art
RESULTS RE-DEFINE MAKRET FOR 18th CENTURY FURNITURE AND ART
85% of all lots dated from the 18th Century and sold at above 95%
Seminal moment for 18th Century Furniture Market: Of the Top 10 works sold, 5 were for 18th century furniture and decorative arts and 5 for modern works of art