It is currently safe to assume Ethereum with the file stored on IPFS.
Christie's interface didn't just lead with the transaction hashes, but your conclusion is pretty far off, for now.
Try emailing them next time.
I'm understanding of the frustration, it took me a year of asking similar questions about Venezuala's Petro coin, which was even subject to pre-emptive US sanctions, before it became official that the Petro didn't exist and was never issued. Nobody could tell me the contract address and people acted like I grew two-heads for even asking, when it should have taken two seconds.
The technology allows for really basic things to be transparent, and when you don't lead with that stuff and nobody asks about that stuff, it does become pretty obvious that they aren't even using the technology.