“Selected by Christie’s International Real Estate as the market leader for Bordeaux, Dordogne and Charente” Dan Conn CEO Christie’s International Real Estate. You may be aware of our affiliation with Christie’s International Real Estate …. but what does it actually mean? Many people are unaware that the Christie’s International Real Estate affiliation is an invitation-only group made up of real estate specialists that Christie’s consider as the market leaders in various territories around the world. Christie’s select these organizations to represent their name, culture and standards. It is not a franchise as is the case with Coldwell Banker or Sotheby’s, but rather a close working collaboration. Maxwell-Baynes has been in the affiliation now for almost seven years and is one of only four companies in France that have been invited to enter this exclusive network. Since Maxwell-Baynes’ inception in 2008, co-founders Karin Maxwell and Michael Baynes have made it a core value to be market makers. To them this means going out to the market and bringing investors and clients to Bordeaux. It was this ambition that underwrote their tagline “Bringing Bordeaux to the world and the world to Bordeaux.”