Jasper Conrans The Collection at Christie’s 2021

Simon Upton, Courtesy of Christie’s London English country style lovers, rejoice! Renowned fashion and homewares designer Jasper Conran is downsizing, trading his apartment at New Wardour Castle in Wiltshire for a smaller home in Southwest England. As part of the move, he’s auctioning off his vast collection of furniture, art, […]

Peter Copping collaborates with Christie’s

This spring, from 29 April to 20 May, Christie’s London will be staging the Collector sales. Featuring an exquisite array of 17th-, 18th- and 19th-century furnishings, it comprises 400 lots of varying styles, from the high Rococo of Louis XVI to English Regency and into the Japanese-inspired and revivalist motifs […]

Sotheby’s and Christie’s Look to Luxury as a Coronavirus Antidote

LONDON — Twenty‌ ‌years‌ ‌ago, ‌Sotheby’s‌ ‌and‌ ‌Christie’s made money by auctioning‌ ‌art. ‌And‌ ‌that‌ ‌was‌ ‌about‌ ‌it. ‌Now, ‌in‌ ‌a‌ ‌process‌ ‌fast-forwarded‌ ‌by‌ ‌the‌ ‌coronavirus pandemic, ‌technology‌ ‌is‌ ‌transforming‌ ‌these‌ ‌venerable‌ ‌names‌ ‌into‌ ‌very‌ ‌different-looking‌ businesses. ‌Luxury‌ ‌is‌ ‌making that ‌difference. ‌ ‌ Sotheby’s, ‌under‌ ‌the‌ ‌tech-savvy‌ ‌ownership‌ ‌of‌ […]