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10 unusual facts about Christie's


2009 auction of Old Summer Palace bronze heads

Two bronze sculptures looted from the Old Summer Palace during the Second Opium War in 1860 were auctioned by international auction house Christie's.

China's State Administration of Cultural Heritage had condemned the sale of the two bronzes and said it would affect Christie's interests in the country, ordering tighter inspections of all cultural relics that the auction house seeks to bring in or out of mainland China.

Bruce Hershenson

Hershenson began his career in movie posters in 1990, when auction house Christie's offered to sell some of his collection.

Helen Hall

A former Vice-President at Christie's, Helen now works with private collectors, auction houses, museums and institutions all over the world to research, appraise, authenticate and value iconic objects, manuscripts, clothing and instruments in the history of Popular Culture.

Helen works with private collectors to research and authenticate pieces in their collections, she has consulted for Christie's and Phillips auction houses and works closely with museums and institutions such as the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, Cleveland and the Experience Music Project, Seattle.

Jenny Bannister

Her designs are featured prominently in the Melbourne Fashion Festival and her pieces have also recently been auctioned at Christie's in London.

Orphan's Benefit

In 1989, an animation cel from the original Orphan's Benefit, depicting Donald being punched by an orphan, sold for $286,000 (then £174,390) at a Christie's auction in New York.

Pilar González de Gregorio, 13th Duchess of Fernandina

Since 2011, the Duchess has served as chairman of Christie's Spain.

Sir Chaloner Ogle, 1st Baronet

Another portrait of Sir Chaloner Ogle of Worthy by a follower of Joshua Reynolds was sold at Christie's auction house in 2009, which bears the same likeness to the painting in the National Maritime Museum.

Spyridon Louis

Breal's Silver Cup stands just six inches tall and was offered for sale at Christie's by the grandson of the victor.


19th-century Catholic periodical literature

Gradually the Tractarian converts appeared in the lists of contributors: Ward, Frederick Oakeley, Marshall, John Brande Morris, Christie, Henry Formby, Capes, Thomas William Allies, Anderson, Manning, and a glance through the volumes of the "Dublin' will reveal names prominent in the great religious, scientific, and literary movements of the century.

A Healing Art

It tells the story of two Ocularists, Christie Erickson and Todd Cranmore, who make custom prosthetic eyes.

A Pocket Full of Rye

Like several of Christie's novels (e.g., Hickory Dickory Dock, One, Two, Buckle My Shoe) the title and substantial parts of the plot reference a nursery rhyme, in this case Sing a Song of Sixpence.

A Song

Later in the 2000s, "Amarillo" would enjoy newfound popularity thanks to comedian Peter Kay using the Tony Christie version in a number for Comic Relief.

Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

In the ESPN documentary 9.79*, eventual silver medallist Christie states, and footage of the race shows, that Lewis "ran out of his lane... two or three times" during the race, which should have resulted in Lewis' automatic disqualification.

Avenues and Alleyways

It was written and produced by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, who were also responsible for Christie's "Las Vegas" and "I Did What I Did for Maria".

BR Standard Class 5 73050

As such, it has appeared in the television adaptations of Agatha Christie's The Mystery of the Blue Train and Murder on the Orient Express, disguised to appear as a continental locomotive, and featured in the music video for Big Country's Fields of Fire.

Brian Christie

Before his career in the television industry, Christie was on the radio in several markets including: WOCB Cape Cod, Massachusetts, WSAR Fall River, Massachusetts, WBUD Trenton, WLOF Orlando, and WLAC Nashville.

Champaign Township, Champaign County, Illinois

Numerous township residents are also employed by Parkland College, Kirby Foods, Christie Clinic, Devonshire Group LLC, Amdocs, Hobbico and Horizon Hobby, all of which are in the adjacent city of Champaign, Illinois, as well as by Carle Clinic Association and Provena Health, located in nearby Urbana, Illinois.

Christie Film Company

As comedy specialists, the Christie Film Company debuted comedy actors Harold Lloyd, Fatty Arbuckle, Anita Garvin and black actor Spencer Williams, later known for his portrayal of Andy Brown in the Amos & Andy" CBS Television series.

Christie Malry's Own Double Entry OST

Christie Malry's Own Double Entry by Luke Haines is the soundtrack to the film of the same name, based on a novel by B.S. Johnson and directed by Paul Tickell.

Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry

Christie compares himself to "Guy Fawkes, with the difference that he was caught" and strictly follows a code of twelve principles.

Colorado Music Festival

Under Christie's directorship the festival's ticket sales increased by 42 percent and more new works were added to the programming such as the 2005 world premiere of Mark Grey's Pursuit.

Coniine

Coniine is the poison used to kill Amyas Crale in Five Little Pigs (published in 1943), also known as Murder in Retrospect, one of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot mysteries.

David Christie

David Christie also coined the term Clear Grit according to Charles Dent, who traces the term to a discussion between Christie and George Brown where Christie criticised any Reformer who would hang back like Brown, declaring "We want only men who are Clear Grit".

Dawn Zimmer

In January 2014, not long after the "Bridgegate scandal" erupted, Zimmer publicly stated that top officials of the Christie administration deliberately held back Hurricane Sandy relief funds from the city in order to pressure her to approve a Christie ally's developmental project.

Dugald Christie

He was the grandson of Dr Dugald Christie (Christie of Mukden) - a Scottish Presbyterian missionary doctor who founded the Mukden Medical College in Shenyang, China.

Emile Gruppe

Gruppe's paintings are often seen in major auction galleries, such as Sotheby's, Christies, and Skinners.

Errol Christie

Christie was listed in the Guinness World Records, then known as The Guinness Book of Records, for notching up the most amateur title wins.

Étienne Dolet

Christie, Richard Copley, Étienne Dolet, the Martyr of the Renaissance (2nd ed., 1889), containing a full bibliography of works published by him as author or printer;

Eugene Washington

UK Tour) alongside Casualty's Simon MacCorkindale and EastEnders Dean Gaffney for Bill Kenwright Ltd (making Eugene the first black actor to star in a professional Agatha Christie production in the UK).

Graham Southern

In 1994, Southern was the Founding Director of Christie's (London) Post-War & Contemporary Art Department which he ran until 2001, leaving to become a director of the Anthony d'Offay Gallery.

Her Bridal Nightmare

Her films with Christie included Her Bridal Nightmare, A Roman Scandal, So Long Letty, and His Nibs.

Hôtel Drouot

In 2008 Hôtel Drouot was ranked fifth by sales amongst Paris auction houses, after Sotheby's, Christie's, Artcurial, and Tajan.

Jeff Christie

Jeff Christie also made an appearance on the reality show MTV Cribs.

John McVicar

In 1998 he lost a libel action brought by sprinter Linford Christie over his claim that Christie was a "steroid athlete".

John Traill Christie

John Traill Christie (18 October 1899 – 8 September 1980) was headmaster of Repton School (1932–37) and Westminster School (1937–50), before becoming Principal of Jesus College, Oxford (1949–67).

JoJo's Band

JoJo's Band is the chart-topping third single by Jeff Christie who had previously been the vocalist of the hit band Christie.

LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 5407

The locomotive made an appearance at the beginning of the 2005 black comedy movie Keeping Mum, and during the 1991 episode of 'The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge' by Agatha Christie starring David Suchet.

Martine Leavitt

Leavitt's books have won many awards, including winner of the 2003 Mr. Christie Award for Tom Finder, finalist for the 2006 National Book Award for Keturah and Lord Death, finalist for the 2004 Governor General's Awards for Heck Superhero, and winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award for My Book of Life by Angel in 2013.

Morven Christie

In 2008 Christie was cast in Sam Mendes' first Bridge Project theatre company, playing Anya in Tom Stoppard's new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard, and Perdita in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale which finished at The Old Vic in London, after a sellout run at Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York and a world tour.

Ned Christie's War

After Fort Smith, Christie's body was sent to Fort Gibson to be identified by his family and to be buried, but the remains were later moved to the Watt Christie Cemetery in Wauhillau, Oklahoma.

Nicole M. Christie

Nicole M. Christie is the acting Communications Manager for North America at H&M.

Official Airline Guide

The OAG business dates back to 1853 when it first published the ABC Alphabetical Railway Guide, later to inspire Agatha Christie’s novel The ABC Murders.

Pat Heywood

Her film roles include parts in Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?, 10 Rillington Place (where she played Ethel Christie, the wife of serial killer John Christie), Young Winston (as Winston Churchill's nurse), Wish You Were Here (seen as Lynda's aunt Millie).

Perry Christie

Christie's party, the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), was defeated in the May 2007 general election, taking 18 seats against 23 for the Free National Movement (FNM), and Christie conceded defeat in a phone call to FNM leader Hubert Ingraham.

Roger Christie

On April 3, 2013, Roger Christie was visited by Senator Russell Ruderman and Senator Will Espero at the Federal Detention Center (FDC) in Honolulu. The purpose of this visit was to discuss Mr. Christie's incarceration, health, and rights as a United States citizen under the United States Constitution.

Ron Roddan

Speaking in a High Court libel hearing in 1998, Roddan told the jury that a magazine article by John McVicar alleging Linford Christie took drugs to get to the top was a "fairy story", describing a suggestion that the Olympic gold medallist's impressive physique may have been due to taking steroids or other performance-enhancing banned substances as "ridiculous".

Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk

It forms a superspecies with Eurasian Sparrowhawk (A. nisus) and possibly Madagascan Sparrowhawk (A. madagascariensis) (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001).

South Beach Tow

According to cast member Christie Ashenoff, the idea for the program came after Tremont towed the car of Simon Fields: "He tells us that a few days later a light bulb went off in his head that if he lost his mind, that everyone else must too".

Stephen Glanville

Both of these works are set in ancient Mesopotamia, and Christie herself acknowledged in her autobiography that neither of these works would have been possible without Glanville.

Stuart Christie

Christie was born in the Partick area of Glasgow and was raised in Blantyre, by his mother and grandparents, becoming an anarchist at a young age.

Such, Such Were the Joys

Orwell headed the school prize list in 1916 with Classics, while Cyril Connolly won the English prize, Cecil Beaton won the drawing prize, Walter Christie won the history prize and Rupert Lonsdale won the scripture prize.

Susan Christie

Christie participated in the 2008 "Lost Ladies of Folk" project spearheaded by Votel and his spouse, recording artist Jane Weaver, performing in concert at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London and appearing on the compilation album Bearded Ladies.

Svetlana Chmakova

Dramacon is Chmakova's first full-length comic, telling the story of Christie Leroux, an aspiring teenage comics writer, and her experiences at her first anime convention.

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and Four and Twenty Blackbirds have been turned into Anime, on the series Agatha Christie no Meitantei Poirot to Marple (2004).

Tom Christie

Christie qualified as a doctor in 1950 and spent time at Westminster Hospital and St Thomas’s Hospital training in anaesthetics.