page_title: Art auction
hierarchical_section_title: Art auction
caption_attribution_description: English: The author of this photo is me, David Shankbone. Taken 4 August 2006. Christie's New York Rockefeller Center. New York City
context_page_description: An art auction or fine art auction is the sale of art works, in most cases in an auction house.
  In England this dates from the latter part of the 17th century, when in most cases the names of the auctioneers were suppressed. In June 1693, John Evelyn mentions a "great auction of pictures in the Banqueting House, Whitehall", and the practice is frequently referred to by other contemporary and later writers.
  Normally, an auction catalog, that lists the art works to be sold, is written and made available well before the auction date.
  Some of the best known auction houses are Christie's and Sotheby's. The oldest auction house is Stockholm Auction House. It was established in Sweden in 1674.
context_section_description: An art auction or fine art auction is the sale of art works, in most cases in an auction house.
  In England this dates from the latter part of the 17th century, when in most cases the names of the auctioneers were suppressed. In June 1693, John Evelyn mentions a "great auction of pictures (Lord Melfort's) in the Banqueting House, Whitehall", and the practice is frequently referred to by other contemporary and later writers.
  Normally, an auction catalog, that lists the art works to be sold, is written and made available well before the auction date.
  Some of the best known auction houses are Christie's and Sotheby's. The oldest auction house is Stockholm Auction House (Stockholms Auktionsverk). It was established in Sweden in 1674.
caption: Christie's New York City headquarters in Rockefeller Center
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