- Record $6.5 million price for Keith Haring work is in dispute
- Collector says auction house backed out of payment plan deal
You can’t walk away from a winning bid.
That’s Sotheby’s message to a New York art collector who allegedly refused to honor his $6.5 million offer for an untitled 1982 Keith Haring painting, a record price for the beloved American pop artist.
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Untitled painting from 1982 by Keith Haring
Photographer: Sotheby’s
The auction house sued Anatole Shagalov in August for $2.13 million -- the difference between his winning bid at the May 2017 auction and the price ...
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