- I went to a jewelry auction at Christie's auction house in New York City.
- More than $30 million worth of jewelry was sold, including a Van Cleef & Arpels retro zip necklace for $483,000 and a twin-stone fancy vivid blue diamond ring for $6.7 million.
- I thought the event would be boring, stuffy, and quiet — but it wasn't at all what I'd expected.
- The auction felt very casual and informal, with people wearing jeans and chatting and laughing with their friends.
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Christie's, the 250-year-old, world-famous auction house founded in London, sold $7 billion worth of jewelry, art, watches, and other luxury items last year.
I'd always wondered what it would be like to attend an auction at Christie's, so last week I headed to their New York City location at Rockefeller Center for the Magnificent Jewels auction, where $30.3 million worth of fine jewelry and accessories were sold. The most expensive item sold was a twin-stone fancy vivid blue diamond ring for $6.7 million.
Here's what it was like to attend an auction at the prestigious auction house in New York City.
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Christie's is a world-famous auction house that sold $7 billion worth of jewelry, art, watches, and other luxury items in 2018.
Christie's has a presence in 46 countries and salesrooms in 10 cities: London, New York, Paris, Geneva, Milan, Amsterdam, Dubai, Zurich, Hong Kong, and Shanghai.
Christie's New York City location is at Rockefeller Center in midtown Manhattan.
Christie's New York is at 20 Rockefeller Center, right across from the famous "30 Rock."
The location at Rockefeller Center features a colorful triple-height entryway, multiple salesrooms, private viewing rooms, and expansive galleries for the display of large-scale artworks.
The colorful mural in the entryway is by artist Sol LeWitt.
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