Christie's auction house reports best art and luxury goods sales since 2015  

The €4.06bn sales in first half of 2022 reflect best performance in seven years, surpassing 2018 when the auction house sold the Rockefeller collection

This 1964 painting by Zao Wou-Ki made HKD278 million (€35,108,497)

Art masterpieces, single-owner collections and luxury goods propelled Christie's towards global sales of €4.06bn in the first six months of 2022. This marks the best performance since 2015 and surpassed 2018 when the global auction house sold the Rockefeller collection. The challenging economic and political environment makes these results even more remarkable.

Andy Warhol's Shot Sage Blue Marilyn was, at $195m (€193.3m), the most valuable artwork sold in the half year, and the most expensive 20th-century artwork ever sold.