"We have to
start looking at
the planet in the
same way we
look at fine art
as something
of value that
we can protect
and preserve
for our children
and our
grandchildren."
Seated in the sales room were his
Gatsby co-star Tobey McGuire
along with Salma Hayek and
Bradley Cooper, to name but
a few. Bidding was feverish
and drove prices to unheralded
heights.
Among the price
records were Mark Grotjahn's
"Untitled (Standard Lotus No.
II, Bird of Paradise, Tiger Mouth
Face)" going for a stupendous
$6,510,000 to uber dealer Larry
Gagosian, who has 13 galleries.
That oil painting had been tagged
to reach $1.5-$2.5 million.
Other surprises included Zeng
Fanzhi's riveting 2011 "TheTiger"
which went for a hefty $5,040,000.
Further underscoring the trailblazing
prices, Robert Longo's charcoal
on paper "Untitled (Leo)" of a fierce
tiger skipped over it's $250,000$350,000 estimate and sold for
over an impressive $3 million. The
tiger is one of the Leonard DiCaprio
Foundation's key conservation
efforts and has helped establish
preserves in Nepal's Bardia National
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