NEW YORK, NY.- A banner New York Fall Marquee Week at Christie's concluded Friday, November 21, 2025, generating nearly one billion dollars. The $964,536,953 sale total was the auction house's highest total in three years. Cumulatively, sales were sold 108% against low estimate, selling 90% by lot and 96% by value. Bidders and buyers were engaged across all platforms, with active and spirited bidding in the room, on the phones, and online via Christie's LIVE—including the highest online bid ever cast in a live Christie's auction which came for the top lot of the week, a Mark Rothko canvas, which sold for $62.1 million. In total, all sales saw global participation, with lots selling to 58% Americas, 23% EMEA, and 19% APAC.

Alex Rotter, Christie's Global President, remarks, “This season, we've seen a subtle but important shift in the tone of the market--with a real focus on the art, rather than the financial aspect and asset class discussion. We've unlocked great supply of the best material, responsibly priced, thanks to our specialists' passionate expertise and decades of experience in the field. The strong results, both totals and sell-through rates, speak for themselves.”

Sales kicked off to an electric start on Monday, November 17 with back-to-back sales The Collection of Robert F. and Patricia G. Weis and the 20th Century Evening Sale realizing a combined total of $690 million, headlined by Mark Rothko, with half of the night's lots surpassing their high estimate. Sales continued Tuesday, November 18 with the Impressionist and Modern Art Day and Works on Paper Sales, which achieved $56.5 million, with lively engaged bidding throughout its duration.

The 21st Century Evening Sale Featuring Works from the Edlis | Neeson Collection was the third and final evening sale of the week, achieving $123.6 million—led by a monumental Christopher Wool painting which sold to a bidder in the room for $19.8 million. The Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale, the last live sale, concluded Thursday, November 20 totaling $88.8 million, with enthusiastic participation from start to finish from clients of all generations and geographies. Picasso Ceramics Online, closed Friday, November 21, totaling $4.8 million, selling 100% by lot, 100% by value.

Esteemed private and institutional collections saw exceptional performances across the various-owner sales:

• Birth of the Modern: The Arnold and Joan Saltzman Collection realized $110,059,442

• Property from the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art realized $108,467,850

• Elaine: The Collection of Elaine Wynn realized $86,151,050

• Collector/Connoisseur: The Max N. Berry Collections realized $24,132,550

• In Pursuit of Light: The Collection of Carol and Terry Wall realized $24,754,550

• Edlis | Neeson Collection realized $50,112,800

• Property from the Bill and Dorothy Fisher Collection Sold to Benefit The Community of Marshalltown, Iowa realized $9,826,650
15 new records were established:

20th Century Evening Sale

• Leonor Fini, Dans la tour (Autoportrait avec Constantin Jeleński), $2,515,000
• Beauford Delaney, The Sage Black; $1,524,000
• Alexander Calder, Acrobats; record for a Calder Wire Sculpture, $8,005,000
• František Kupka, Sans titre; record for a Single Work on Paper, $533,400
• Henri Matisse, Oceanie, le ciel; record for a screen print, $4.995,000
• John Singer Sargent, Gondoliers' Siesta; record for work on paper, $7,395,000

21st Century Evening Sale

• Olga De Amaral, Pueblo H, $3,125,000

• Firelei Báez, Untitled (Colonization in America, Visual History Wall Map, Prepared by Civic Education Service, $1,111,250

• Joan Brown, After Alcatraz Swim #2, $596,000

• Richard Prince, Untitled (Cowboy); record for a sculpture, $3,369,000

• Glenn Ligon, Double America 2; record for a neon sculpture, $3,125,000

Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale

• Lynne Drexler, Keller Fair II, $2,027,000
• Julia Jo, Rhyme or Reason, $203,200
• Catherine Goodman, Solo, $165,100
• Alexander Calder, The Lion Tamer; record for a work on paper, $508,000

“We've felt a renewed engagement in the market this fall, with clients from all geographies demonstrating genuine excitement for exceptional works of art with great provenance. Our Rockefeller Center galleries were host to thousands of visitors and our saleroom was filled with palpable energy during each auction this week. Current market confidence is demonstrated in the strongest results we've seen for a 20/21 season since November 2022 and I'm excited about what 2026 holds.” --- Bonnie Brennan, Christie's CEO