Christie's International Real Estate

Christie’s, founded in 1766 by James Christie, pursued an innovative real estate venture in 1995 by acquiring Great Estates, a luxury real estate network founded in 1987. Christie’s International Real Estate is an affiliate network and has offices in London, New York, Hong Kong, Beverly Hills, Chicago, and Palm Beach; and more than 135 affiliated brokerages [2] in Europe; North, Central, and South America; and the Caribbean as well as Asia, Africa, and Oceania.[1] On January 11, 2011, the company changed its name from Christie’s Great Estates to Christie's International Real Estate.

Christie’s International Real Estate is a quarterly full-colour publication showing international luxury real estate being offered for sale by the real estate network. This quarterly magazine is a high-profile, full-color publication circulated to tens of thousands of affluent individuals worldwide, and is also available for sale.[1]

Significant sales from the Christie's International Real Estate network include:

• Copper Beech Farm (Greenwich, Connecticut). The 50-acre waterfront estate was sold in April 2014 for US$120,000,000 and was, at the time of sale, the highest residential transaction ever recorded in the United States.[3]
• Hotel De Soyecourt (Paris, France), which sold in September 2006 and was listed at €100,000,000.[4]
• The Playboy Mansion (Los Angeles, California), which sold for over US$100,000,000 in 2016.[5]
• Kaiuso (Kyoto, Japan), which sold in December 2009 and was listed at ¥8,000,000,000.
• Gouverneur Bay Estate (St. Barthélemy, French West Indies), which sold in 2009 for €61,200,000 (approximately US$89,000,000).
• The Manor (Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California), which sold in June 2011 for US$85,000,000.[6]
• The Elaine Estate (Sydney, Australia, which sold in April 2017 for more than A$70,000,000.[7]
• Triplex Penthouse in the Golden Square (Monte Carlo, Monaco), which sold in March 2017 for US$61,000,000.[8]
• Little Jennie Ranch (Jackson Hole, Wyoming), which sold in 2005 and was listed at US$55,000,000.[9]
• Conyers Farm Estate (Greenwich, Connecticut), which sold in August 2004 and was listed at US$53,000,000.[10]

• "Fighting for Turf: Sotheby's vs. Christie's" from The New York Times (1996)
• "New Sotheby's Franchises Expand Into Low-End Housing" from The Wall Street Journal (2007)

• Christie’s International Real Estate