London Art Sales Soar

Bacon tops Sotheby's contemporary auctions; London shows new art-market clout

By Caroline Miller, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 25, 2007 11:45 AM CDT

(Newser) – Francis Bacon took top honors and Damien Hirst became the highest-priced living artist—beating out Jasper Johns—at Sotheby's contemporary auctions in London last week. A 1971 Bacon self-portrait went for $43.2 million, and the Hirst pill cabinet called "Lullaby Spring" for $19.... Read full story »

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