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Christie's New York Spring Marquee Week Totals $1.1 Billion in Single Night
Sunday, May 31, 2026 · 1 min read
Christie's New York achieved a combined total of $1,121,126,500 during its May 18, 2026, evening auctions, marking only the second time a single night of sales has exceeded $1 billion. The Private Collection of S.I. Newhouse realized $631 million, led by a Jackson Pollock masterpiece that sold for a record $181.2 million. The 20th Century Evening Sale added $490.3 million to the total, featuring a Mark Rothko canvas that set a new artist record at $98.4 million.
- Artists: Jackson Pollock, Constantin Brancusi, Mark Rothko, Joan Miro, Alice Neel, Remedios Varo, Alexander Rodchenko, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Roy Lichtenstein, Claude Monet
- People: S.I. Newhouse, Adrien Meyer, Max Carter, Agnes Gund
- Auction Houses: Christie's
- Locations: New York
- Prices: $1,121,126,500, $181,200,000, $107,600,000, $631,000,000, $98,400,000, $150,800,000, $28,200,000, $46,100,000, $4,500,000, $19,600,000
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Originally via Christie's · Curated by The Cultural Signal
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