Records Set at Christies New York Auction
Published November 14th, 2007
Lucian Freud, Jeff Koons, Richard Prince and nine other artists broke auction records last night at Christie’s International in New York.
U.S. bidders dominated the $325 million auction, the second- largest ever for postwar and contemporary art. The total was in the middle of Christie’s estimated range and only five of the 67 lots failed to sell.
Christie’s top lot last night was a sultry 1955 blue-and- orange canvas by Mark Rothko, “Untitled,” which sold for $34.2 million, above the $30 million high estimate
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