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Modest Success at Christie's Cheers Art World

Hockney breaks record as auction house sells $93.7M

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(Newser) – Christie's contemporary auction in New York last night went better than expected, selling $93.7 million worth of postwar art—double the result of its rival Sotheby's the night before. The top lot was a 12-foot panorama by British painter David Hockney, which sold for $7.9 million, a record for the artist. But while the art world was cheered by last night's result, a recovery is still far away; at last year's spring sale, Christie's sold more than three times as much.

David Hockney's painting
David Hockney's painting "Beverly Hills Housewife" is on display, right, during an auction during the Post-War and Contemporary Art evening sale at Christie's Wednesday, May 13, 2009 in New York.   (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Christie's employee Pilar Ordovas, from Spain, poses for photographs beside the David Hockney painting 'Beverly Hills Housewife' at offices of the auction house in London, Monday March 23, 2009.
Christie's employee Pilar Ordovas, from Spain, poses for photographs beside the David Hockney painting 'Beverly Hills Housewife' at offices of the auction house in London, Monday March 23, 2009.   (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, file )
David Hockney's painting
David Hockney's painting "Beverly Hills Housewife" is on display before an auction during the Post-War and Contemporary Art evening sale at Christie's Wednesday, May 13, 2009 in New York.   (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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