22 world records set at Christie’s Rockefeller auction
NEW YORK — Twenty-two world records have been set at a Christie’s auction, including the $832 million total for the priciest private collection of artworks and other treasures, owned by Peggy and David Rockefeller.
The late couple’s family is donating all proceeds from this week’s sale to charity.
The finally tally that ended Friday’s sale in New York is about twice the previous record of $484 million from a 2009 Paris sale of designer Yves Saint Laurent’s estate.
Christie’s said all of the more than 1,500 lots had sold, with buyers lured by the Rockefeller name that represented American success.