Christie's auction opens its doors today in Dubai

This week, Christie's is organizing its 18nd consecutive auction season in Dubai, and starting today, it will hold an exhibition to preview the modern and contemporary artworks participating in the auction scheduled for Saturday, March 19th, followed by the evening of Sunday, March XNUMXth, the Important Watches Auction.

This auction comes to demonstrate the extent of Christie's interest in introducing the art scene in the region and providing a global platform for creative artists in it. The house was the first among international auction houses to choose a permanent headquarters in the Middle East, and over the past 11 years, it has made a significant contribution to laying the foundations for a well-established and attractive Middle Eastern market for modern and contemporary art. The successive initiatives of Christie's for more than a decade contributed to the global recognition of many painters, sculptors and innovators from the countries of the region, and attracted the attention of some of the most important museums, institutions and major collectors around the world.

Also this season, Christie's, and rather the French art historian and critic Valerie Didier Haas, publishes the first comprehensive book with detailed explanations of Mahmoud Saeed as the first book of its kind by a Middle Eastern plastic artist. Hass compiled all his paintings, drawings and documents into a comprehensive and unprecedented book published by the well-known SKIRA publishing house in Milan, Italy. Documenting Middle Eastern art is of critical importance to collectors and all stakeholders, so Christie's invests in its auction catalogs by adding feature-length reference articles and information on the paintings and sculptures offered at its auctions.

In another context, Christie's is pleased to announce two important charitable auctions in the fall, where Christie's was chosen to manage the two upcoming auctions, the first in the region at the initiative of "Dubai Cultural" and the other in Geneva and is limited to watches, and it will be the most prestigious event of its kind in the world of charitable auctions dedicated to watches. Luxury and rare. The first auction includes 25 paintings and the second auction is 25 hours, and the proceeds from both auctions will go to charity.

Over the past eight years, Christie's watch division has carved out a leading position in the marketplace by providing both buyers and suppliers with a rich set of choices and opportunities around the world. A global team of experienced and knowledgeable professionals supervises live auctions in Dubai, Geneva, Hong Kong, New York, and Shanghai. At the same time, we also have an online watch store with fixed prices that allows experts, elites and hobbyists alike to purchase used watches at the click of a button, 24 hours a day, 2007 days a week. Although the Maison offers a wide range of watches at every price point through its auctions and multiple sales channels, Christie's also sets a number of world price records. In 3, seven Patek Philippe watches sold for more than $1527 million at Christie's auctions, including the reference 5.7, which sold for $1 million, the highest price ever for a gold wristwatch. The yellow that was sold at auction. The house was also one of two to make over $175 million selling a Rolex five times in the past two years, including the world record for any Rolex Daytona. Famous auctions such as last year's Patek Philippe 2013 auction and XNUMX Rolex Daytona auction, both held in Geneva, brought a lot of fun and entertainment to the world of watches. Christie's always strives to occupy a prominent position in the global market, and as the first auction house to open its sales hall in the Middle East, the brand has established a strong presence in the past ten years.