Christie's Spring Marquee Week, held May 12–15, 2025 in New York, generated $693 million in total sales, exceeding the low estimate by 123% and surpassing the auction house's totals from both May and November 2024. The week featured six evening and day sales, led by the $272 million Leonard & Louise Riggio: Collected Works sale, with the top lot being Piet Mondrian's *Composition with Large Red Plane, Bluish Gray, Yellow, Black and Blue* (1922) selling for $47.6 million. Marlene Dumas' *Miss January* set a new auction record for a living female artist at $13.6 million, and additional records were set for Simone Leigh, Emma McIntyre, Louis Fratino, Dorothea Tanning, and Remedios Varo. The overall sell-through rate was 88% by lot, with strong bidding across all price bands.
The results signal a robust recovery and renewed confidence in the high-end art market, with Christie's achieving its strongest Marquee Week totals to date. The success of the Riggio collection, combined with deep bidding on mid-range works like Matisse's *Henriette, robe jaune* (sold for $1.4 million, nearly three times its high estimate) and Mark Tansey's *Study for 'The Enunciation'* (sold for $3.2 million, ten times its low estimate), indicates broad demand beyond trophy lots. Christie's executives expressed optimism about supply unlocking and market momentum for the remainder of 2025, positioning the auction house as the dominant player this season with 9 of the top 10 lots sold.