About how much did Christie's auction house sell in a single year around 2018?
Answerabout $5 billion
Christie's is one of the two dominant global houses for fine art and luxury auctions.
Source: Wikipedia, Auction (2018) en.wikipedia.org
Business · Facts & sources
Bid facts & stats
4 sourced facts about auctions and bidding, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
The basics
What's the record price ever paid for a single artwork at auction (Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, 2017)?
Answer$450.3 million
The sale shattered every previous auction record for a painting by a wide margin.
Source: Wikipedia, Auction (2017) en.wikipedia.org
Going deeper
About what share of eBay's total sales volume happens within the United States?
Answerabout 48%
Despite being a global platform, roughly half of eBay's sales activity is still tied to the U.S. market.
Source: Wikipedia, eBay (2023) en.wikipedia.org
Expert level
eBay's 'take rate' — its revenue as a share of total goods sold — is about what?
Answerabout 13.81%
That take rate is how eBay turns billions of dollars in transactions into its own revenue.
Source: Wikipedia, eBay (2023) en.wikipedia.org
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