Sotheby’s did well by the Ullens attracting $23.2m to Zeng Fanzhi’s The Last Supper which doubles his top auction price previously achieved in May 2008 with Mask Series, No. 6 and $9.6m. The previous record for a Ullens Zeng Fanzhi was $6.2m acheieved by Poly in 2011 during a Mainland China sale.
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