Christie's New York Sales Total $689.8M, Led by Rothko and Monet
Christie's marquee week in New York commenced on November 17, 2025, with two auctions held at Rockefeller Center, generating a remarkable $689,795,000—an increase of 40% compared to May 2025. The sales saw 96% of lots sold and 97% by value. The Ross Weis collection alone brought in $218 million, highlighted by Mark Rothko's No. 31 (Yellow Stripe) fetching $62,160,000 and Pablo Picasso's La Lecture at $45,485,000. The 20th Century Evening Sale contributed $471,728,000, achieving a 98% lot sale rate and 100% by value, with significant pieces like Claude Monet's Nymphéas at $45,485,000 and a double portrait by David Hockney exceeding $44 million. The overall projected value for the week is between $1.7 and $2.3 billion. Sotheby's will present the Lauder Collection on November 18.
Key facts
- Christie's November Marquee Week began November 17, 2025, at Rockefeller Center in New York.
- Two auctions totaled $689,795,000, up 40% from May 2025.
- The Collection of Robert F. and Patricia G. Ross Weis achieved $218 million.
- Mark Rothko's No. 31 (Yellow Stripe) sold for $62,160,000.
- Claude Monet's Nymphéas (1907) from the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum sold for $45,485,000.
- David Hockney's double portrait sold for over $44 million, returning after 40 years.
- John Singer Sargent's Gondolier's Siesta set a record for a work on paper at $7,395,000.
- Leonor Fini's Dans la tour set a new auction record at $2,515,000.
Entities
Artists
- Mark Rothko
- Pablo Picasso
- Henri Matisse
- Piet Mondrian
- Joan Miró
- Giorgio Morandi
- Max Ernst
- Franz Kline
- Claude Monet
- David Hockney
- John Singer Sargent
- Leonor Fini
- Marc Chagall
- Henry Moore
- Alexander Calder
- Isamu Noguchi
Institutions
- Christie's
- Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art
- Sotheby's
- Musée d'Orsay
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artribune
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Rockefeller Center
- Japan