01/07/2014
ROMANIAN YOUNG ARTIST IS A WORLDWIDE SUCCESS - Adrian Ghenie: There also were some surprise prices for works by younger artists, among them Romanian Adrian Ghenie's "The Fake Rothko". It went for 1.43 million pounds, or roughly four times its top guide price and six times the highest price previously paid for the artist at auction.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/01/arts/design/bacon-painting-sets-pace-for-auctions-in-london.html
A Francis Bacon triptych brought $45.4 million, well above its estimate, at Sotheby’s in London on Monday.