ART MARKET WATCH
Nov. 14, 2007BLAST OFF AT CHRISTIE’S Auction records weren’t just broken, they were doubled and more at
Christie’s New York evening sale of post-war and contemporary art on Nov. 13, 2007. Works by
Gerhard Richter,
Ed Ruscha,
Richard Prince,
Jeff Koons,
Rudolf Stingel and
Fred Tomaselli soared past their previous record levels to sell for two times as much or even more. "A thrilling evening," said Christie’s chief auctioneer
Christopher Burge at the post-sale press conference. But then he’s been saying that for years.
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