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Christie’s 2013 Sales = $7.13bn

January 22, 2014 by Marion Maneker

Christie's infographic

£4.54 billion, up 16% ($7.13 billion, up 14%)

Auction sales 15% year-on-year at £3.77 billion ($5.9 billion, up 12%).

Private Sales grew 20% totalling £760.5 million ($1.19 billion, up 18%).

Online-only sales totalled £13.2 million ($20.8 million)

Unique visitors to Christies.com were also up 19% on 2012, to 20.6 million.

Post-War and Contemporary Art  total sales of £1.3 billion ($2 billion) up 29% on 2012 (26% in $).

Jewellery sales £432 million ($678 million), a global year-on-year increase of 20% (18% in $), with growth experienced in all regions: Europe (+14%), the US (+21%) and Asia (+29%).

Asian Art continued, increasing 44% year-on-year to £599 million ($940.6 million, up 42%).

Arts of the Americas (American Art, Furniture & Works of Art and Latin American Art), which realised £121.4 million, up 38% on 2012 ($190.6 million, up 36%)

Prints, which realised £51.8 million, up 79% ($81.4 million, up 75%).

Geography

Asia driven by strong Hong Kong sales, up 32% (30% in $)

Europe totalled £1.33 billion ($2.1 billion)

Americas totalled £1.8 billion ($2.8 billion)

Asia totalled £622.6 million ($977.5 million).

Chinese buyers accounting for 22% of global sales, a 63% increase on spend during 2012.

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