ON entering Christie’s to view the Modern and Surrealist sales, it was disconcerting to find the place heaving with people. Nowadays, there are many more rooms for viewing, including what used to be the offices of the chairman and senior directors, but all too often there is little to be seen and the spaces are empty. The buzz took me back many years, to times when there were often several sales each day during the season and a good many views would attract the crowds.
I was there on one of the final view days, so do not know how it had been earlier.
