Ten Works Set Records at Sotheby’s Contemporary Auctions
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A Richard Prince ‘Nurse’ and an Antony Gormley ‘Angel of the North” were among 10 works to set records for their makers at Sotheby’s contemporary-art auction in London, where a Francis Bacon portrait was the star attraction and Irish rock band U2 among the sellers.
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