Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale earned a record-breaking $247,597,000 on November 8, 2011 in New York City. 33 works sold for over the $1 million mark and 16 new world auction records were established for artists including Roy Lichtenstein, Paul McCarthy, Charles Ray and Louise Bourgeois, as well as Wayne Thiebaud, whose “Sixteen Pies” set a world auction record for a work on paper by the artist. You can see and read about this piece in the December issue of Trusts & Estates, page 42.

Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997), “I Can See the Whole Room! ... and There’s Nobody in it!,” oil and graphite on canvas. WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST Sold price: $43,202,500. You can see and read about this piece in the December issue of Trusts & Estates, page 41.