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At Sotheby's New York more record prices for something to look at...

"The high end of the market is quite deep," said Tobias Meyer, head of Sotheby’s contemporary art department worldwide and the event auctioneer, speaking of the number of bidders. "People are very educated; they know what is what."

               

BARNETT NEWMAN

Onement VI, 1953
$43,845,000

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GERHARD RICHTER

Domplatz, Mailand, 1968
$37,125,000

       
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At Christie's New York more record prices for something to look at...

"It was the biggest art auction in history", said Marc Porter, chairman of Christie’s Americas.  
             
 
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
Dustheads, 1982
$48,843,750

Pre-Lot Text
Property of a Distinguished Collector
       

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JACKSON POLLOCK
Number 19, 1948
$58,363,750
            

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At Theatre of the Actors of Regard free entry for something to look at...
           

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pre-auction performance by White Art Cult 
FREE ENTRY
    

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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/

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