Christie’s has announced its final sales figures for 2013, and the auction house is claiming a world record for sales during 2013, with a $7.13 billion final tally.  The final total is a 14% increase on last year’s numbers, and sees a $5.9 billion of the sales coming from auctions, beating out competitor Sotheby’s, which achieved a sales total of $5.1 billion at auction.  The auction house also boasted considerable increases in sales for each region worldwide. (more…)