A record breaking moment in the
For at least 10 minutes Christie's overflowing salesroom watched in rapt attention as a 1969 triptych by Francis Bacon sold for $142.4 million, described as the highest price ever paid for an artwork at auction.
There were apparently 7 bidders going for it.
Here's the painting, via Reuters:
![lucien freud bacon](http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5282d3db69beddb6455f3d4b-1200-900/lucien-freud-bacon.jpg?maxX=800)
REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton