These classic pieces of pop art have been fetching record prices after going under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York. full story ![]()

A BLOCKBUSTER auction of contemporary art in New York fetched almost half a billion dollars, the biggest haul ever at an art auction.
news.com.au (8 days ago)

A sale of contemporary art at Sotheby's - including works by Francis Bacon and Andy Warhol - makes more than £74m.
sky.com (3 months and 10 days ago)

Francis Bacon reportedly preferred to work on the backsides of canvases for their unprimed, raw quality, so it's perhaps not surprising that Bloomberg reports six of his previously undiscovered paintings have been secretly residing on the backsides of works by another artist. While painter Lewis Todd is not a household name, his works are now expected to sell for at least...
huffingtonpost.com (3 months and 2 days ago)

A collector bought a triptych by Francis Bacon for £13.76 million at one of Sotheby’s most successful contemporary art auctions.
standard.co.uk (3 months and 9 days ago)
Jeweller Harry Winston bought the largest ever diamond to be sold at auction. The gem fetched a record 26.7 million dollars.
cnbc.com (8 days ago)
It seems that it’s not just the stock market that is firing on all cylinders, breaking record after record. Last week, Christie’s marquee post-War and contemporary art sale fetched a record $495 million, with more than nine works selling for over $10 million. Amid a stagnating global economy and high unemployment, the ultra-rich are raising the stakes on so-called...
forbes.com (3 days ago)
ART lovers who own an amateur painter’s work are being urged to check because they may have missing segments of a Francis Bacon painting worth millions on the back.
dailyexpress.co.uk (2 months and 16 days ago)
Over $1 billion of post-war and contemporary art changed hands in New York last week, generating masses of headlines about record-breaking sales and record-breaking art. Larry Gagosian said that last week's evening sale of contemporary art at Christie's demonstrated "how broad the market is - as in deep pockets".
forbes.com (3 days ago)

Paintings by a previously unknown British artist are expected to fetch more than £100,000 at auction after it was discovered they have works by Francis Bacon on the back.
bbci.co.uk (3 months ago)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rare bronzes, contemporary masterpieces, museum-quality furniture and antiquities dating back more than 3,000 years are among thousands of art objects hitting the auction block...
reuters.com (2 months and 10 days ago)
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