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Painting in Eric Clapton’s collection fetches record price for living artist at auction
• Raw StoryAbstraktes Bild (809-4), which was owned by the rock guitarist Eric Clapton, sold at Sotheby’s auction house in London to an anonymous buyer after five minutes of bidding. Pre-sale estimates valued the painting at between £9m and £12m.
The price for the 1994 oil on canvas also beat Richter’s previous record, set in May when Abstraktes Bild (7938-3) sold for £13.5m.