$1.3b divorce sale makes art collection most valuable ever - The Australian Financial Review

A multi-year saga has come to a close at Sotheby’s New York, where the final tranche of artworks from the divorced octogenarians Harry and Linda Macklowe brought in $US246.1 million.

Drager ruled that Linda could keep more than half of the artworks, with a total value of just under $US40 million, given that both sides valuations of the pieces were relatively in-line. The rest rep… [+2216 chars]

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