James Christie holds the company's first recorded auction at Pall Mall, London.

Christie's holds its first auction devoted entirely to paintings.

James Christie negotiates the sale of Sir Robert Walpole's collection to Catherine the Great, one of the earliest landmark international art transactions.

The studio sale of Sir Joshua Reynolds establishes one of the first artist estate auctions.

The firm moves to 8 King Street, St. James's, its London headquarters for more than two centuries.

Thomas J. Woods joins the partnership and the firm adopts the legal name Christie, Manson & Woods.

International expansion begins with the opening of the Rome office.

Christie's becomes a publicly listed company.

The company is acquired by François Pinault through Artémis and returns to private ownership.

Christie's France conducts its inaugural auction in Paris.

Christie's LIVE launches as one of the first real-time online bidding platforms for a major auction house.

The company conducts the first online-only auction by a major international auction house.

Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi sells for US$450.3 million, setting the world auction record for a work of art.

The Rockefeller Collection achieves a record US$832.6 million for a private collection auction.

Beeple's Everydays: The First 5000 Days establishes a landmark for digital art at auction.

The Paul G. Allen Collection becomes the most valuable single-owner art collection ever sold at auction.

Christie's opens its Asia-Pacific headquarters at The Henderson in Hong Kong.