2005年2月上旬,两大拍卖行苏富比和佳士得在伦敦均表现上佳,佳士得以总成交额7510万英镑的拍卖成绩超过苏富比的5350万英镑,略占上风。与去年同期相比,两大拍卖行的王牌专场——“印象派和当代艺术”专场都有不错表现,伦敦佳士得的印象派和现代艺术专场共有82%的拍品成交,总成交额达到4100万英镑,较2004年同期都有小幅微升。一名来自欧洲的匿名电话买家以500万英镑购入夏伊·苏蒂恩(ChaimSoutine)的油 In early February 2005, the two major auction houses, Sotheby’s and Christie’s, performed well in London. Christie’s slightly exceeded the Sotheby’s figure of £ 53.5 million for a total turnover of 75.1 million pounds. Compared with the same period of last year, the two auction houses’ ace specials - “Impressionism and Contemporary Art” have a good performance. London Christie’s a total of 82% of the impressionist and modern art auction transactions, with a total turnover of 41 million Sterling, a slight increase over the same period in 2004. An anonymous phone buyer from Europe bought the oil of ChaimSoutine for £ 5 million