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NEW YORK, May 16 (UPI) -- A $72.8 million bid for a Mark Rothko painting, a record for the artist and any contemporary work at auction, paced a record session at Sotheby's in New York.
LONDON, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Prices for contemporary art were riding high at art auctions in London, as a portrait painted by Francis Bacon in the 1950s sold for $27.3 million.
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LONDON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Painter Francis Bacon's "Study for Portrait II" is expected to draw bids in the range of $23 million in an upcoming auction at Christie's in London.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- An auction at Sotheby's in New York fetched a record $15 million for a work showing a woman who has just injected drugs painted by Irish artist Francis Bacon.
Today is Wednesday, Aug. 30, the 242nd day of 2006 with 123 to follow.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- The Scottish National Portrait Gallery is bringing in a very large collection of nude portraits next summer to rid itself of its old image.
SANTA ANA, Calif., June 27 (UPI) -- U.S. prosecutors' case against members of a racist prison gang may depend on convincing jurors that street-wise convicts communicated with sophisticated codes.
Today is Tuesday, June 27, the 178th day of 2006 with 187 to follow.
Today is Tuesday, June 13, the 164th day of 2006 with 201 to follow.
