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The High Price of High Art: Museums Can’t Afford It

Inflated prices at auction threaten to reduce public access to fine art

Nov. 15, 2013
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A Francis Bacon triptych sold for $142.4 million, making it the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction. The next day, Andy Warhol’s “Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)” went for $105.4 million.

A Francis Bacon triptych sold for $142.4 million, making it the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction. The next day, Andy Warhol’s “Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)” went for $105.4 million.