Leading auction houses: fine art lots sold worldwide 2020 | Statista

Auction house Sotheby's sold over 14 thousand fine art lots in 2020. Christie's followed on the list with roughly 12 thousand lots sold. In that year, Sotheby's was the auction house recording the highest revenue in the U.S., the UK, and Hong Kong, whereas Christie's reported the highest revenue in France.

Number of fine art lots sold at leading auction houses worldwide in 2020

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2020

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Leading auction houses in terms of revenue generated from fine art sales.
The source specifies that figures refers to Fine Art auctions that occurred between January 1 and December 31, 2020. Data on Fine Art include paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, prints, videos, installations, tapestries, but exclude antiques, anonymous cultural goods and furniture.

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