00:00Now as we come together for the commemorative photograph before we
00:04officially cut the ribbon, towards the left over here, there's a cameraman who's
00:11very passionate over there waving his hands. Are we missing any photographs?
00:17One, two, three.
00:22Wonderful, thank you for joining us today.
00:48Ladies and gentlemen, good morning, welcome and thank you for being here.
00:53Today we begin an exciting chapter for Christie's.
00:56A new chapter is being written in Asia, right here in Hong Kong.
01:18That's it.
01:48We are very confident that this is the right combination, a fantastic new
02:12headquarter, beautiful building instead of the art galleries, but also the
02:16opportunity for them to interact with us as they've always been in the past
02:19with our digital innovations.
02:22We continue to see strong demand from collectors across Asia, whether it's in
02:28our sale room here in Hong Kong or in other geographies.
02:31Most of what collectors in Asia actually are purchasing today in value is
02:35actually outside of Hong Kong, because the offering in London, in Geneva, in
02:39Paris and in New York are very appealing to them.
02:44What we want with this new headquarter is more opportunities for them to see
02:48even more of these beautiful objects.
02:50And we are quite confident with the trust we got from our collectors in the
02:55second half of this year that we see a very nice pickup in our minds.
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