Lucien Freud’s portrait of a nude woman sleeping on a sofa has shot into the record books after selling for the highest figure ever paid for a painting by a living artist.

The British artist’s ‘Benefits Supervisor Sleeping’ woke the art world with a start as it sold for more than 33.6 million dollars. The price tag was ten million dollars ahead of the previous record set only last November. It was one of eight records smashed at Christie’s in New York on Tuesday.

The auction offered less than 60 lots which Christie’s officials say was purposely low.

[Brett Gorvy, Christie's Art Specialist]:
“We cut down the number of works within the sale. We also concentrated more and more on quality and went out into the market looking for works, very pro-actively looking for great material.”

The sale, driven predominantly by American buyers, defied erratic financial markets to bring in a total of 350 million dollars.

Mark Rothko’s No. 15 went for over 50 million, way above its pre-sale estimate. Andy Warhol’s Double Marlon sold for more than 32 million.

Almost all the lots on offer found buyers despite fears by some auction officials that the spring sales could mark the start of a market downturn.

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The auction has ended. We raised $330 for Angelcheeks! Thank you to everyone who participated for their generosity!!

Wuhoo!!

We’ve gathered together to help raise money for Brian and Andrea’s Angelcheeks Foundation. Yeah!!

9 works of art are being auctioned off. You will get all 9 pieces! And with the bid starting TODAY at $20 you KNOW that’s it’s a steal.

Please check out all of the Artists’ websites and channels if you want more info on their art work.

And let’s raise lots of money for Angelcheeks!

Click here to bid:

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290211317359

Artists
1. Sophia: http://youtube.com/mugglesam
2. Kevin: http://youtube.com/nalts
3. Grant: http://youtube.com/nalts
4. Katie: http://youtube.com/nalts
5. Zack: http://youtube.com/ZackScott
6. DragonTrap: http://youtube.com/dragontrap
7. Suzi: http://youtube.com/suziblutube
8. Jared: http://youtube.com/jaredknightcom
9. Wendy: http://youtube.com/winger1212

Brian and Andrea

http://youtube.com/bnessel1973

http://youtube.com/mythreeguys

Angelcheeks Foundation

http://www.Angelcheeks.net

Music by Sequoya

http://youtube.com/sequoya

Thank you.

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Sorry for the shameless self endorsing.

My auction: http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=110269090252

Video of Norma Jean drawing: http://youtube.com/watch?v=o6pFixjbD9Q

Amazing Phil’s Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=J5NzQeFk0_E

Dudeneedaeaseonup’s Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=kqR0m0jBYqs

(sorry I guess the auction is over for the frog plushie, but he’s always making them! Maybe a new one soon?)

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Wuhoo! Sophia’s drawing raised $64 US for the Cheetah Conservation Fund! Thank you to all who participated and congratulations to the winner!

If you’d like to donate you can also visit the CCF’s Youtube channel:

http://youtube.com/ccfcheetah

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auction starts Saturday September 27, 9am EST. Ends in 7 days.

Drawing will be shipped in an envelope with no frame. Please visit the CCF at http://www.cheetah.org
for detailed information of the cheetahs you can sponsor, photos and any other questions you might have.

Patricia Tricorache
Asst. Director, International Programs CCF, will contact the winner to finalize where you want your money to go.

Thank you Chilldogg http://youtube.com/chilldogg for all the work you do to save the cheetahs.

http://ca.youtube.com/ccfcheetah

Music by incompetech.com
www.MuggleSam.com

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