Editing Christie's (section)

=== Americas ===
In 1977, led by then Chairman [[Stephen Lash]], the company opened its first international branch on [[Park Avenue]] in New York City in the [[Trump Park Avenue|Delmonico's Hotel]] grand ballroom on the second floor;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/05/15/archives/the-london-art-market-arrives-the-british-art-auctioneers-are.html|title=The London Art Market Arrives|first=Rita|last=Reif|date=15 May 1977|access-date=22 October 2021|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/30/archives/new-jersey-pages-christies-will-open-new-york-galleries-christies.html|title=Christie's Will Open New York Galleries|first=Rita|last=Reif|date=30 September 1976|access-date=22 October 2021|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> in 1997 it took a 30-year lease on a {{convert|300000|sqft|m2|order=flip|-3|abbr=on}} space in [[Rockefeller Center]] for $40M.<ref>Carol Vogel (25 March 1997), [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/25/arts/rockefeller-center-lease-is-signed-by-christie-s.html Rockefeller Center Lease Is Signed By Christie's] ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref>

Until 2001, Christie's East, a division that sold lower-priced art and objects, was located at 219 East 67th Street. In 1996, Christie's bought a townhouse on East 59th Street in Manhattan as a separate gallery where experts could show clients art in complete privacy to conduct private treaty sales.<ref name="nytimes.com" />

Christie's opened a [[Beverly Hills]] saleroom in 1997.<ref>Irene Lacher (2 August 1996), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-08-02-ca-30352-story.html Christie's Ups the Ante With Beverly Hills Space] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> In April 2017, in moved to a {{convert|4500|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} two-story flagship space in Beverly Hills, designed by [[Kulapat Yantrasast|wHY]].<ref>Gabriella Angeleti (9 February 2017), [http://theartnewspaper.com/market/art-market-news/christie-s-to-open-new-flagship-location-in-los-angeles/ Christie's to open new flagship location in Los Angeles] ''[[The Art Newspaper]]''.</ref>