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Thursday, 15 October 2015 11:37

Phillips Wows with a $48.8 Million Contemporary Art Auction

The auction set a record for artist Mark Bradford. The auction set a record for artist Mark Bradford. Wikimedia Commons

When Fredric Brandt, the plastic surgeon to the stars, took his own life earlier this year, he left behind a trove of artworks that might have surprised those who thought his tastes were purely cosmetic. His collection, scattered between his homes in New York and Miami, includes works by Wool, Baldessari, Stingel, and Oehlen, and when it came time to find an auction house for the estate, Phillips emerged victorious after a fairly competitive jostle. It began readying the sale of 200 works, valued at $15 million in total, and 18 of these works went on sale tonight, at the house’s contemporary art evening sale in London.

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