Auction houses avoid Chinese New Year clash

Christies, Sothebys and Phillips have changed the dates of their February auctions in Londonfrom the start of the month to its final week and the beginning of March. The new schedule avoids a clash with Chinese New Year, a one-week public holiday in China that next year will last from 27 January to 2 February.
The first to announce the change was Christies, at a press conference after last weeks New York sales in response to a question about how Asian clients gave the evening sales a much-neede