Those Things Money Can Buy

Those Things Money Can Buy
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Triptych
Price tag: $86,000,000
The three-panel masterpiece by British artist Francis Bacon was auctioned off after three bidders vied for it at an auction in New York, breaking a contemporary art-auction record.

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