Francis Bacon painting sells for $84M at first virtual auction

Francis Bacon painting sells for $84M at first-of-its-kind virtual auction

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A Francis Bacon triptych sold for over $84 million during a virtual auction at Sotheby's, on what was an encouraging -- and highly unusual -- evening for the coronavirus-hit art market.

With an auctioneer live-streaming from London, and telephone bids beamed in from New York and Hong Kong, the painter's 1981 artwork "Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus" exceeded pre-sale estimates of between $60 million and $80 million.

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