Records shattered at Christie's auction
16th Nov 2006, 08:27 GMT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Records for Willem de Kooning, Andy Warhol and a post-war and contemporary art sale total tumbled at Christie's on Wednesday with a $240 million (127 million pounds) auction that exceeded even the highest expectations.
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