Christie’s News

A Picasso, an $18M Hole, a Casino Owner, an Auctioneer, an Insurer and a Contractor

Insurance specialist LeConte Moore and professional fine art appraiser Vincent Wiener deal with high-profile performers and artists and their works so hearing talk of big dollar figures is not unusual. Moore says he and his insurance colleagues are not surprised …

Axa Art Insurance Corp.’s Subrogation Lawsuit Seeks $1.5M From Christie’s

Axa Art Insurance Corp. filed a subrogation lawsuit claiming that the famed auction house Christie’s in New York failed to properly store a fine art collection that belonged to Axa’s insured, the Piatigorsky Trust, during Superstorm Sandy. Christie’s, a well-known …