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PARIS, February 23, 2021, /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--

According to Le Figaro this afternoon:  

https://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/encheres/a-londres-christie-s-closes-its-archives-to-professionals-of-the-art-world-20210222

"In London, Christie's closes its archives to art-professionals"

"The sales catalogues, the first of which date back to 1766, are an invaluable

resource for specialists. Faced with this decision to close, they expressed

their anger and their incomprehension.

The prestigious auction house has decided to end access to its archives due to

staff lay-offs.

"As a courtesy, Christie's has given free access to its archives for research

purposes," said a spokesperson for the auction house, as reported by the Art

Newspaper. "However, the archives team has been reduced and can now only meet

the needs of our own specialist teams".

Inestimable resource...

"The auction house has responded to the criticism and didn't sound very certain

about a possible reopening. Dirk Bool, President of Christie's in Europe,

Middle East, Russia and India, said: "Unfortunately, the entire King Street

building has been closed to the public due to the health crisis. Rest assured

that we will continue to maintain our records in an appropriate and accessible

manner. We will also explore ways to expand access to these archives in the

future".

thierry Ehrmann, President and Founder of Artmarket.com and its Artprice

department: "The answer for Art Professionals, Auction Houses, Experts,

Galleries, Museums and Collectors is the archives department of Artprice by

Artmarket, a global player in the Art Market and world leader in art price

databases and Art Market indices."

Artprices' archive "Artprice Images(R)" is absolutely unique...

It allows unlimited access to the largest Art Market archive in the world... a

library consisting of 180 million images and engravings of artworks from 1700

to today, commented by our historians, econometricians and writers, and

covering more than 770,000 artists.

This archive, which according to the specialized press worldwide, is unique in

the world, consists of more than 750,000 manuscripts and art catalogues from

more than 6,300 auction houses, carefully preserved in standardized archive

blocks and, according to a former French Minister of Culture, it constitutes "a

State mission, accomplished by a private company which managed, by raising

capital, to do what the State should have done..."

The Artprice archive – covering the art market from 1700 to the present day –

has been built up since 1987 by the selective acquisition on all continents of

a multitude of archives and/or companies (Sound View Press, Frank Van Wilder,

Mayer, Bayer USA, Hippolyte Mireur etc. ..).

It is the fundamental core of the services offered by Artprice by Artmarket

databases with more than 30 million art market indices and sales results.

It is accessible online at www.artprice.com or www.artmarket.com via our

unlimited subscriptions.

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Artmarket and its Artprice department was founded in 1997 by its CEO, thierry

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Artmarket is a global player in the Art Market with, among other structures,

its Artprice department, world leader in the accumulation, management and

exploitation of historical and current art market information in databanks

containing over 30 million indices and auction results, covering more than

770,000 artists.

Artprice Images(R) allows unlimited access to the largest Art Market image bank

in the world: no less than 180 million digital images of photographs or

engraved reproductions of artworks from 1700 to the present day, commented by

our art historians.

Artmarket with its Artprice department accumulates data on a permanent basis

from 6300 Auction Houses and produces key Art Market information for the main

press and media agencies (7,200 publications). Its 4.5 million 'members log in'

users have access to ads posted by other members, a network that today

represents the leading Global Standardized Marketplace(R) to buy and sell

artworks at a fixed or bid price (auctions regulated by paragraphs 2 and 3 of

Article L 321.3 of France's Commercial Code).

Artmarket with its Artprice department, has been awarded the State label

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in November 2018 for a new period of 3 years) which is supporting the company

in its project to consolidate its position as a global player in the market art.

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