<p>A record breaking moment in the <keyword id="1105" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="art">art</keyword> world.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/arts/design/bacons-study-of-freud-sells-for-more-than-142-million.html?smid=nytimesarts&amp;_r=0">From NYT</a>:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">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.</p>
<p>There were apparently 7 bidders going for it.</p>
<p>Here's the painting, via Reuters:</p>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image on-image"><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5282d3db69beddb6455f3d4b-1200-900/lucien-freud-bacon.jpg?maxX=800" border="0" alt="lucien freud bacon" width="800" /><p class="source">REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton</p></div><p></p></div></p>

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Here's The Painting That Just Sold For $142.4 Million - The Most Anyone Has Ever Paid For Art At Auction

A record breaking moment in the art world. From NYT: 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: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

A record breaking moment in the art world. From NYT:
For at least 10 minutes Christie's overflowing salesroom watched in rapt attention as a 1969 triptych by Francis Bacon sold for $142.

Here's The Painting That Just Sold For $142.4 Million - The Most Anyone Has Ever Paid For Art At Auction

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