Christie's is an art business and a fine arts auction house, and currently the world's largest with sales for the first half of 2012 some $3.5 billion representing the highest total for a corresponding period in company and art market history.
Christie's has its main headquarters in London King Street and in Rockefeller Plaza New York. It is owned by Groupe Artémis, the holding company of François-Henri Pinault.
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