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Pablo Picasso’s 1932 painting “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust,” was sold to an anonymous phone bidder for $106.5 million in New York on Tuesday, the most expensive piece of artwork sold at auction.
A record has been set for the most expensive art work sold at auction. Pablo Picasso’s 1932 painting “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust,” was sold to an anonymous phone bidder for $106.5 million in New York on Tuesday. BBC reporter, Nkem Ifejika tells us what is known about the bidder and whether this sale signals the end of the global recession.