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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, May 16, 2013

Jackson Pollock’s drip painting “No. 19, 1948” sold to an anonymous bidder for a record price of $58.3 million with fee at Christie’s.

Christie's Reels in a Staggering $495 Million for Contemporary Art
ArtfixDaily Staff - May 15th, 2013 22:56

Records price were smashed for 12 contemporary artists at Christie's on Wednesday night. Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein and Jean-Michel Basquiat were among the record-setters in a postwar and contemporary art sale in New York that totaled $495 million, the highest sales figure at any art auction.

Gerhard Richter’s painting “Domplatz, Mailand”

Records Smashed in Sotheby's Contemporary Art Sale

Gerhard Richter’s “Domplatz, Mailand [Cathedral Square, Milan]” from 1968 set the artist's record price at auction bringing $37.1 million with fees, near its $40 million high estimate, and the highest price ever for a contemporary artist.

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