22 April 2026
Which Auction House Led the Pack in 2025?
Christie's was top of the heap again, generating $3.5 billion in fine-art auction sales, 10.1 percent more than in 2024, although still 9.8 percent down from 2023. In a year-end earnings report, the house noted that the second half of 2025 saw a 26 percent jump in overall sales compared with the same period in 2024. The most expensive artwork sold by Christie's was Mark Rothko's No. 31 (Yellow Stripe), 1958, from the collection of Robert F. and Patricia G. Ross Weis, which fetched $62.1 million in November.
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