Giacometti sculpture sold for a record sum Bashny.Net

Auction Sotheby's brought a sensation: a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti's "Walking Man I» sold for a record £ 65 million. Waiting for the organizers of trades were much more modest - estimate was £ 12-18 million. The bronze sculpture has become the most expensive piece of art in the world. The former champion was Pablo Picasso's "Boy with a Pipe", sold in 2004 for 58 million. Pounds. Who won the sculpture - is not known. The stake was made anonymously by telephone. The Italian sculptor Alberto Giacometti recently snapped up. His "falling man" took the 9th place in the list of the most expensive works of art sold in 2009.