佳士得公司的创始人是詹姆士·佳士得,公司总部在英国伦敦,它是在1823年搬迁到这个办公地点的。佳士得在美国的办公地点是在纽约的洛克菲勒中心。它在40个国家有107个办事处,在19个中心进行拍卖,每年有80个不同目录下的600场拍卖,而且去年公司拍卖出15万件拍卖品。过去15年,佳士得在亚洲的发展尤其壮大。在香港的办事处是在1985年设立的,是除了伦敦和纽约之外的最大的一个拍卖中心。在2001年佳士得公司在香港的拍卖额仅是纽约拍卖额的10%,但现在占到纽约拍卖额的20%。仅仅在今年上半年,香港的拍卖总额就达到了9.9亿港币,比2004年增长60%。比如说中国的油画比去年同期增长了百分之百。我们在中国大 Christie’s founder was James Christie’s, headquartered in London, England, it was relocated to this office in 1823. Christie’s office in the United States is in New York’s Rockefeller Center. It has 107 offices in 40 countries, conducts auctions in 19 centers, has 600 auctions in 80 different directories each year, and last year the company auctioned 150,000 auction items. Christie’s has seen particularly strong growth in Asia over the past 15 years. The office in Hong Kong was established in 1985 and is the largest auction center in addition to London and New York. In 2001, Christie’s auction in Hong Kong was only 10% of the New York auction, but now it accounts for 20% of the New York auction. In the first half of this year alone, Hong Kong’s total auction volume reached HK $ 990 million, an increase of 60% over 2004. For example, Chinese oil paintings increased by 100% over the same period of last year. We are big in China