$179m Picasso 'could hold world record for a decade'

Whoops greeted sale of Les Femmes d’Alger (Version O) in New York, but auctioneer says price is no surprisePablo Picasso’s 1955 painting Les Femmes d’Alger (Version O) is such a remarkable and important masterpiece that it could maintain the world record auction price for at least a decade, the auctioneer who sold it has predicted.
There were whoops and whistles in the New York saleroom of Christie’s on Monday evening after Jussi Pylkkänen put down his gavel at $160m. Including comm