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Basquiat

Untitled Basquiat piece sold for a record $110.5 million to Japanese collector

A Japanese billionaire bought a Basquiat painting for a record $110.5 million

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The price tag was a record for any US artist at auction and the highest at auction for a piece created since 1980.

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