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Rothko Fetches $73 Million

Record price for seminal modern work marks trend in art purchases

By Sarah Levy, Newser User

Posted May 16, 2007 8:18 AM CDT

(Newser) – Sotheby’s sold a Mark Rothko painting last night for $72.84 million, a record price for a piece of art created after World War II and a signal of a new boom in the market. Seller David Rockefeller bought the 7-foot-tall "White Center... Read full story »

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