Christo and Jeanne-Claude Sotheby’s Sale Outperforms Expectations in First Half

The first segment of Sotheby’s two-part sale of works from the collection of Christo and Jeanne-Claude concluded today in Paris, netting €8 million ($9.8 million) across 28 lots. With only one lot withdrawn before the auction’s start, the first half of the sale more than doubled its pre-sale low estimate of €3.1 million ($3.7 million), with each work offered finding a buyer.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude were recognized for their temporary monumental wrappings of public sites,