Christie's 21st Century Evening Sale Tops $123.6M in New York

Christie's 21st Century Evening Sale in New York on November 19, 2025, achieved $123,585,950, exceeding pre-sale estimates of $87.5–127 million. The auction featured works from the Edlis Neeson Collection and contributed to a Marquee Week total of $870,924,382, the highest for Christie's since May 2023. The top lot was Christopher Wool's Untitled (RIOT) at $19.84 million, followed by Andy Warhol's The Last Supper at $8.127 million. Other highlights included Ed Ruscha, Amy Sherald, Cindy Sherman, Tom Wesselmann, and Diego Giacometti's coffee table. Three new auction records were set: Firelei Báez ($1.1 million), Olga de Amaral ($3.1 million), and Joan Brown ($596,000). The sale had a 98% sell-through rate by lot and 97% by value, with only one unsold lot: Cecily Brown's It's not yesterday anymore. Kerry James Marshall's Portrait of John Punch (Angry Black Man 1646) sold for $7.15 million. The results indicate strong demand for historical masters and undervalued female artists, while contemporary and ultra-contemporary works saw more cautious bidding.