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Leon Kossoff, Sotheby's
The Leon Kossoff really electrified the room: 10 bidders pushed it to $7 million, or four times the previous high auction price for the artist. Photo: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Sothebys
Marion Maneker
March 8, 2026

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I recently spoke to an art dealer who was unable to get out of New York before the snowstorm two weeks ago, and decided to get on the next plane to London as soon as JFK was open again. If he was going to miss out on a few days of sun and action in Los Angeles, where the art world had flocked for Frieze, he figured he might as well get a head start on the London auctions.