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The top 10 most expensive artworks ever auctioned
5. New York Triptych (in 3 parts) by Francis Bacon (£55m)
Bacon's triple prints became one of his memorable forays into his fractured thinking process, and this one certainly broke the bank when it was sold in 2008 for £55,091,767 ($86,281,000) from the French wine dynasty that produces the famous Chateau Petrus. The buyer? Roman Abramovich. He since loaned it to the Tate Britain.
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