Bacons go for $34.5 million
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From the Associated Press
A rare set of three works by painter Francis Bacon was sold Monday by Christie’s auction house for $34.5 million.
Bacon painted the “Three Studies for a Self Portrait” in Paris in 1975. It is the first of a series of self portraits he painted around that time. It was bought by an unnamed buyer in 1976 and has since never been seen in public.
A sculpture called “Balloon Flower Magenta” by Jeff Koons also sold for $25.8 million. It is the highest price Koons has received at auction.
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