I do not know if there are words to describe the action that took place this evening … prices were just — off the chart! Francis Bacon made $142.4M; Christopher Wool made $26.5M; Jeff Koons hit $58.4M; Basquiat … $29.3M; Fontana – $20.8M; Rothko – $46M; Warhol – $57.3M; Judd – $14M; Lichtenstein brought $31.5M; de Kooning — $32M; Pollock – $32M … and there were other mega-million prices.
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Francis Bacon — $142.4M