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Christie’s Smashes Record With $852.9 Million N.Y. Sale
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Christie’s sold a record $852.9 million of postwar and contemporary art in a New York auction that set 11 all-time-high prices for artists including Georg Baselitz, Cy Twombly, Ed Ruscha and Cindy Sherman.
Last night’s sale smashed Christie’s $745 million record set on May 13 for postwar and contemporary art and the $691 million tally from last November’s equivalent evening sales. Christie’s, beating its high estimate of $836 million, sold 75 of the 80 lots in just over 2 1/2 hours.