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Brancusi sculpture sets record at auction

Brancusi sculpture sets record at auction
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Brancusi sculpture sets record at auction

Constantin Brancusi's "Bird in Space" shattered the record for a sculpture at auction on Wednesday when it soared to an astonishing 27,450,000 USD at Christie's sale of Impressionist and modern art. The previous record was held by another Brancusi, "Danaide," which sold for 18,159,500 USD three years ago. The sale went a long way toward reassuring the art market after the spring auctions got off to a somewhat shaky start at Sotheby's on Tuesday. Christie's had estimated that the recently rediscovered "Bird in Space" from 1921-22 would sell for eight million to 12 million USD. But a bidding war between two clients over the telephone saw the price race upward, with nearly three million USD added in commission for the marble sculpture that depicts a bird soaring into the sky. The Romanian sculptor, who trained initially as a carpenter and stonemason, settled in Paris in 1904. (Reuters)