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Ten Paintings That Sold for Over $25 Million at Auction This Week

Auction houses had an unprecedented week of sales.

Many have surely seen the news of David Hockney smashing (by nearly double) the record sale price at auction for a living artist when his painting “Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)” sold for over $90 million at Christie’s on Thursday.

However, that was but one story from a huge week for fine art auctions. Ten different pieces eclipsed $25 million hammer prices just this week, and Hockney’s $90 million haul wasn’t even the highest figure among them.

Here's a list of the 10 paintings that highlighted this big money week.

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