"A man with a sword" Picasso sold for 9,5 million dollars

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Another "A man with a sword"
The work of Pablo Picasso's "Man with a sword" (Homme a l'epee) sold on Wednesday, June 24 at Sotheby's for 7 million pounds sterling (11,5 million dollars), reports Reuters. Before bidding auction organizers hoped to gain for this now 6.8 million pounds (10-13 million dollars).
Thus, the correspondence "duel" Picasso won Sotheby's.
Total auction of impressionists and modernists, Sotheby's managed to sell lots for a total of 33.5 million pounds (55.1 million dollars), justified expectations of the organizers. Before the auction was assumed that on June 24 are sold lots on 26,8-37,3 million pounds sterling. In June 2008, Sotheby's auction of impressionist and modernist rescued 102.2 million pounds.
The sale, held the day before Christie's, yielded 37.2 million pounds sterling (61,2 million dollars), said Reuters, and the organizers of the auction expected to sell lots on 37,8-51,7 million pounds.
(Lenta.ru)