Christie’s Rakes in $489 Million From 2 Evening Sales in New York

On Monday night, Christie’s kicked off its spring marquee auctions with back to back auctions that brought in a combined $489 million with fees.

The Leonard & Louise Riggio: Collected Works sale, composed of 39 works from the late Barnes & Noble founder and his wife, leaned heavy on Surrealism, modernism, and Minimalism. Almost all of that collection sold amid uncertainty, but not without confidence—thanks in part to a house guarantee across the board. The 35 lots of the…