What is Christie's Images?

• Christie's Images is the image archive for Christie's, the world's leading auction house, with offices in both London and New York.
• We license images for all kinds of uses including books, magazines and newspapers, film and television, as well as for merchandising, advertising and marketing purposes.

What does Christie's Images offer?

• A stock of more than a million fresh and original images, of which an ever growing selection is available for licensing from this website. Many of our images are unique to the market and not available for licensing anywhere else.
• The enormous number of general and specialist fields covered by Christie's sales each year ranges from old master paintings and contemporary art to film and entertainment memorabilia.
• If you don't find what you are looking for on this site please give us a call. Our highly trained and enthusiastic staff are happy to answer any of your queries.

What is in the Christie's Images collection?

• The library spans over 80 categories of fine and decorative arts, including Impressionist and Victorian painting, jewelry, African art, rare books, Tiffany glass, prints, photographs and toys.

Does the collection include contemporary works?

• Yes. Some of the works on this website are displayed with permission from the relevant artist estates.
• Also available, but not displayed here, are numerous other modern images by artists protected by copyright laws.
• Where possible, we are happy to assist with secondary rights.

How are the images used?

• We are ready to meet all your creative demands--whether to illustrate books, magazines or newspapers; to decorate stationery or ceramics; or to transform your card, calendar and poster collections.

Can I purchase posters or prints from you?

• Yes. Please visit our partners www.allposters.com or www.art.co.uk to browse a growing selection of high quality giclee prints from our collectiion.

I can't find the images online? What do I do next?

• We continue to add new images to the database on a daily basis as part of a comprehensive digital archiving project. This will make it even easier to access images from our collection whenever you need them.
• Meanwhile, our researchers are still happy to handle your requests and search the full collection. You can contact us by telephone, fax, email, or better still, come and visit us. Please telephone to make an appointment.