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Jeff Koons, Kline, Set Records at Christie’s New York Sale
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A giant tulip sculpture by Jeff Koons and a 1957 painting by Franz Kline sold for new auction records at Christie’s in New York tonight.
The Kline work sold for $40.4 million nearly quadrupling his previous auction record of $9.3 million -- achieved yesterday at Sotheby’s with a smaller, 1956 canvas from the collection of Sidney Kohl, co-founder of closely held finance firm Alliant Co., and his wife, Dorothy.