Christie’s Pulls Off $114.7 Million Auction Despite Cyberattack
With its full website down in an apparent hacking, the success of the New York auction was thrown into question.
Ana Mendieta’s Silueta Works in Mexico, 1973-1977, which carried a presale estimate of $50,000 to $70,000.
Source: Christie’s
The advance buzz leading up to Christie’s 21st Century Evening Sale on Tuesday had little to do with the art.
Instead, an apparent hack hobbled the company’s website in the days leading up to the sale. (Christie’s Chief Executive Officer Guillaume Cerutti described it as “a technology security incident” in a mass email to clients.) Through the weekend, as advisors and collectors visited Christie’s Rockefeller Center headquarters to view art intended for the auction block, chatter focused on whether the all-important May sales would go ahead and what a downed website would mean for both buyers and sellers.