Bidding frenzy as Sotheby’s close to making art auction record
Lichtenstein and Rothko draw bidders while Christie’s sells most expensive painting in history
Francis Bacon triptych painting sells for $80.8m in New York
The Dublin-born artist’s piece ‘Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards’ dates from 1984
Bringing home the Bacon: triptych sells for record $142.4m
1969 piece raises bar and becomes most expensive work ever sold at auction
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