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The Scream sells for record $119.9m
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The only privately owned version of Edvard Munch's The Scream - one of the most recognisable paintings in history - has set a new world record, selling for $US119.9 million at Sotheby's in New York.
Heated competition between seven bidders took the price tag to the highest for a work of art at auction in just 12 minutes.
The packed sales room erupted into applause and cheering when the hammer went down.
An unnamed telephone bidder gave the final offer of $119,922,500, including commission...
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