Luckily, we managed to get to Christie’s before the auction began. And it’s a good thing we did, because the drawing we wanted opened with a bid higher than what we had put in since there were many absentee bids, so in the end we decided to skip out and go for another drawing with better provenance. It has been displayed in museums around the world and we think it looks nicer than the one we had in mind initially.

Now we are the proud owners of a 16th century work of art that we got while traveling and working around the world. How unreal is that We surely didn’t expect to buy a piece of Renaissance art when starting our trip, and even on day before yesterday when we first stumbled across Christie’s - by accident; we didn’t expect to get anything while there.

And in case any of you are wondering, we’re not lugging it along with us, we’re shipping it back home where it will be stored safely till we return. Who knows, we might even lend it to a museum if there are any that are interested in Renaissance art.We don’t mind making Christie’s our second home in New York Plus we love how friendly and sprightly the doorman is!

Part of the 15th century drawing we bought

If you want to see more of Fifth Avenue where we went after Christie’s, just watch the video above.

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