Usually names like Pollock and Picasso draw the oohhs and ahhs at Christie’s. But for the past two weeks, it’s Jimmy Krzyzanowski who has been getting the rave reviews. And the artwork in question is not made from paint and canvas, but cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon and Ballantine Ale.

In one of the auction house’s elegant exhibition galleries – a venue more commonly used to present pedigreed collections of Tiffany glass and British sporting pictures – Mr. Krzyzanowski, a warehouse supervisor for Christie’s, has artfully arranged 466 vintage beer cans in rows from floor to ceiling. The pile of empties is just one tip-off that “Insider Art” is not a typical Christie’s exhibition.

Besides the beer cans, the three galleries are filled with paintings, photographs, sculptures, needlepoint pillows, jewelry, and more. While some of it is most generously described as outsider art, other pieces wouldn’t be out of place in a cutting edge Chelsea gallery – and someday, perhaps, even a Christie’s contemporary art auction.

“This show is about our personal obsessions,” said Jonathan Laib, a Christie’s art handler who helped organize “Insider Art,” Christie’s annual staff art show. This is the fourth year Christie’s has turned over its galleries to the in-house talent during August, a dead month in the auction schedule.

Mr. Laib came up with the idea of an exhibition of the staff’s art four years ago. He and six other staffers hung a small show, and the concept caught on. It is hardly a surprise that many staffers love art or are artists themselves; a passion for the product is one of the obvious motivations for being in a business notorious for low pay and long hours. This year, some 60 employees submitted work; it all was accepted for exhibition. Much of it is for sale, and at prices far lower than the average lot price during auction season.

One recent afternoon, private dealer Josh Baer wandered into the show, and while he wasn’t ready to snap up too many of the offerings, he was impressed with the sentiments behind it. “I think it’s really great that Christie’s remember that their staff work here because they love art,” Mr. Baer said.

Prices range from about $30 to $6,000, according to Mr. Laib, but most hover in the low hundreds. The first day of the show, Mr. Laib sold an elegant work made from cut-out shapes and titled: “No one ever goes in and no one ever comes out; an afternoon of pickles and milk.” Mr. Laib, who studied painting at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, was asking a mere $600. The buyer, an expert in the contemporary art department, obviously knows a good deal.

While Mr. Laib says many of the show’s participants consider themselves professional artists, others seem to be just out for fun. Bendetta Roux, from the press department, made collages from the New York Times Book Review. Andre Davis, from the credit department, submitted two drawings. One, a colorful cubist riff, is titled “Pablo Who?”

Mr. Davis’s pieces are listed with a price of “Best Offer,” and he says he would welcome $104 million. His position at Christie’s makes him perfectly suited to collect on any offers tendered: He prescreens clients before auctions and then is in charge of collecting payment from bidders. “I am loved all over the world,” Mr. Davis said of the challenges he faces in the credit department. Collectors interested in acquiring a Davis, be forewarned: He plans to run a Dun and Bradstreet report before accepting any offers.

Mr. Krzyzanowski’s homage to the hangover has also not been tagged with a price, but offers are welcome. The 466 examples of beer exotica include “Old Frothingslosh,” “Ivy League” beer with juniper berry flavor, and “Mash” beer in a camouflage can. And while the wall of beer suggests art-historical references to both Andy Warhol and Marcel Duchamp, Mr. Krzyzanowski is the first to admit he is no artist. A beer-can collector since the age of 15, his 3,000 cans of beer had been gathering dust in his parent’s basement. They’re moving out now, and the cans needed a new home.

Among those for whom working at Christie’s is evidently a way to avoid the starving-artist syndrome is painter Stephanie Chambers. She began working at Christie’s four months ago as a “cashier” – the quaint company name for employees who take the money and turn over the goods. Chambers, 22, is a 2003 graduate of Rhode Island School of Design. She has apparently already acclimated to the heady price tags chez Christie’s. Her largest panel “Stranger & the Coors Hat,” is priced $4,200 (you can see if it’s worth it by checking outwww.heystrongie.com). Christie’s word processor Jennifer Dalton is also quite industrious in her after hours. Her credentials including a couple of solo gallery shows in Brooklyn, Yaddo and MacDowell residencies, and a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. She is exhibiting a photographic series entitled “What does an artist look like? (Every visual artist to appear in The New Yorker Magazine 1999-2001).”

Other picks include head cashier Douglas Goldberg’s stunning alabaster carving “Saturn Return 4” ($1,000); art handler Jason Fox’s ironic photographs including “Elephant Ears” ($1,000); executive assistant in the information technology department, Danielle Zambito’s colorful beaded jewels – something Doris Duke might have worn to a Palm Beach bash – and Jason Cuvelier’s haunting oils (www.cuvelier.org). The 1998 Yale MFA grad now works at Christie’s caring for artworks coming up for auction.

While it appeared that no senior-level executives were Sunday daubers, or harbor aspirations of artistic grandeur, the assistant to the chairman does have a case full of elegant jewels on view. Giselle Minoli (www.giselleminoli.com)assistant to Stephen Lash, is a self-taught jeweler who has sold her gold and silver creations to stores including Neiman Marcus. She says Mr. Lash allows her flexibility to attend to her jewelry business as well as auction house duties.

Mr. Krzyzanowski, who found many of his cans at area swap meets, says he is through with beer cans. He’s moved onto a new passion: tequila bottles.