Treasure calendar: Who sold Van Gogh's works?

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This print comes from "Top London" published around 1810. The picture depicts a art auction, the organizer is Christie's auction house.

Founded in London in 1766, the Christie's Auction Bank was James Christie's. It has a history of more than 200 years. At the beginning, it mainly served British aristocratic gentlemen. Later, the French Revolution broke out, and a large number of French nobles fled to Britain with their own property, many of which were French art treasures. In order to live, these nobles had to sell these artworks, and Christie's also rose rapidly with this shareholder's style, becoming the most popular art trading center at that time. It is said that once, James Christie's hosted six days of auction activities. He was exhausted and could not afford to hold his son to host his subsequent auction activities for him.

The diligent and serious work attitude of Christie's auction house has won the favor of many collectors and has been auctioned by many precious art. For example, in 1987, Van Gogh's masterpiece "Sunflower" was auctioned by Christie's, with a turnover of 24 million pounds, setting a record of art transactions at the time.

To this day, Christie's is still one of the world -renowned art auction houses. It brings together art treasures from all over the world, attracting countless collectors to come here to pursue the most valuable works in their minds.

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