Christie’s Pulls Off $114.7 Million Auction Despite Cyberattack

Ana Mendieta’s Silueta Works in Mexico, 1973-1977, which carried a presale estimate of $50,000 to $70,000. Source: Christie’s

Journalist James Tarmy spoke with Megan Fox Kelly about her thoughts on Christie’s website hack and their 21st Century Evening Sale.

“Everybody knows it’s smaller sales in general across all three houses this week than it has been in past years,” said the advisor Megan Fox Kelly.

“We're not bidding for $10 million, $15 million, $20 million lots by clicking a button on the website,” said Fox Kelly, speaking a few hours before the auction began. “I want to see what's going on in the room and I want to get a sense of what other bidders are going after the work.”

Read the rest of Megan’s thoughts at Bloomberg here.