NEW YORK (Reuters) - Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream" sold for a record $120 million at auction on Wednesday at Sotheby's, far exceeding pre-sales estimates of about $80 million. full story ![]()

The Thinker sold yesterday for $15.3 million, a new record for the figure beating a price of $12 million for a casting sold in 2010.
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Monumental Gerhard Richter canvas sells for $37M in NYC, auction record for living artist
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Sale breaks record set in 2008 by the same itemA rare Honus Wagner baseball card sold for a record $2.1 million at an auction Saturday, according to ESPN.com.
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A 34.64-carat pink diamond has sold at auction in New York for nearly $38 million, setting a new record for Christie's auction house.
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May 16 - An extremely rare Botswana-mined large diamond sets a new record at Christie's auction in Geneva. Sharon Reich reports.
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A letter written by Dr. Francis Crick to his son explaining the structure of DNA has sold for a record $5.3 million at Christie’s auction house in New York City despite being predicted to fetch only between $1-2 million. According to Christie’s, the letter, purchased...
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A letter written by Dr. Francis Crick to his son explaining the structure of DNA has sold for a record $5.3 million at Christie’s auction house in New York City despite being predicted to fetch only between $1-2 million. According to Christie’s, the letter, purchased...
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A 74.79-carat, pear-shaped diamond fetched more than $14.1 million at Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels sale Wednesday, setting an auction record for any white diamond sold in the Americas.
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This time last year, Sotheby's sold Edvard Munch's The Scream for $120 million in New York. As Simon Shaw, head of Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art department said yesterday, that was always going to be "a difficult act to follow."
forbes.com (13 days ago)

NEW YORK - A monumental 20th century masterpiece by German artist Gerhard Richter (GEHR'-hahrd RIHK'-tur) has sold for $37 million at a New York City auction. Sotheby's says "Domplatz, Mailand" (DOHM'-plahtz MY'-lahnd) set a record for any living artist at auction.
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