Lehman Brothers’ corporate art up for auction

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On the very day that Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, September 15th 2008, the art market was at the height of its own boom, celebrating Damian Hirst’s sale of $200 million worth of art in one day, including “For the Love of God,” a diamond-covered platinum skull. In a twist of timing, the art that hung on the walls of Lehman Brothers corporate offices will be going to the auction block in a few weeks. We talk to Lawrence Pollard, the BBC art correspondent who has been investigating what’s happened to the Lehman Brothers art collection.

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