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Christie’s debut Abu Dhabi sale totals $8.94 million, setting nine auction records

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“Christie’s debut Abu Dhabi sale totals $8.94 million, setting nine auction records”

Christie’s first fine art auction in Abu Dhabi totalled $8.94 million on Sunday, delivering the auction house’s highest total for an evening sale of modern and contemporary Middle Eastern art in more than a decade. Held at The Abu Dhabi Edition, Mawasim: 20 Years of Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art brought together 70 lots by 58 artists from 13 countries. The sale marked two decades since Christie’s first UAE auction in Dubai in 2006. Anthea Peers, Christie’s president for Europe, the…

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