Contemporary sales in New York total close to $1bn

THE gargantuan sums of money being spent at the top end of the contemporary art market continued unabated as the latest sales series in New York saw a staggering overall premium-inclusive total of $990m.

So far, the great art market bubble has belied the downturn in the economic climate and those presen…

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