Pursuits
Sotheby's Sells $726.7 Million of Art in Two Days Led by Picasso
- Billionaire Ronald Lauder bought painting for Neue Galerie
- Bill Koch's `Blue Period' Picasso fetches $67.5 million
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Sotheby’s sold $726.7 million of art in two days in New York, with works by Pablo Picasso and Vincent Van Gogh leading the way.
At the Impressionist and modern art evening sale on Thursday, the tally was $306.7 million, a 27.3 percent decline from the similar event a year ago. Two preceding auctions from the collection of Sotheby’s former chairman A. Alfred Taubman helped the company reach the higher total.