fida husain battle of ganga and jamuna sold for 1609000 at christies new york sale in march 2008 generating a world auction record for the artist in march 2011 new york sales a world auction record was generated for progressive master tyeb mehta when the artists diptych bulls sold for usd 2826500 this was surpassed in london in june when his painting untitled figure on rickshaw sold for usd 3240076 christies global network includes 10 auction centres and 53 offices in 32 countries and it conducts auctions in 80 different categories worldwide however in india the auctioneer says it will concentrate on indian art as we have done in dubai where we sell art from the middle east being able to conduct auctions in india has been an aspiration we have worked towards for many years and we are very excited and proud to have achieved this in 2013 this is a major milestone maneka said beginning with four fine india pictures painted on glass offered for sale by james christie the founder of christies in his first ever sale on december 5 1766 indian art and works of art have featured in auctions since meanwhile for the mumabi sales christies would be offering classical modern and contemporary indian art