Bacon Portrait Sells For $34 Million, Koons' Balloon For $23 Million
"Four tenacious bidders vied for his "Three Studies for Self-Portrait" from 1975 in what became the evening's longest bidding war, with two would-be buyers on the phone still running up the price, even as it passed $30 million. The final tally was $34.4 million." The New York Times 07/01/08

Posted June 30, 2008 11:41 PM