When I first heard the news this morning on TV around 2AM, i held my jaw to sleep like what! When I woke up this morning is still reality.
A Pablo Picasso oil painting, 'The Women of Algiers' (Version 0), has been sold for $179,365,000 after intense 11 minutes bidding from both present and over the phone buyers. The masterpiece was sold to a telephone bidder who doesn't want to be identified.
The auction was in New York, and it has been term the sale of the century. It is the most expensive art ever sold in history. A new world record has been set.