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A 24.8-carat pink diamond was sold in an auction for a $46.2 million on Tuesday, the most money ever paid for a jewel, auction house Sotheby’s said in a statement.
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An Andy Warhol painting of an old-fashioned Coca-Cola bottle sold for $35.36 million at a Sotheby’s auction of post-war art.
The sale of 54 works raised $222.4 million including commissions, Reuters reported. Ninety-one percent of the works found a buyer.
“In this new market, it was a huge success,” said Tobias Meyer, auctioneer and Sotheby’s worldwide head of contemporary art.
The…
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