Bidding war for Bowie's angst-ridden Auerbach in record-breaking sale

Every lot offered at Sothebys London last night from the eclectic collection of David Bowie was sold, with almost all pieces skyrocketing far past their estimates. The auction, which set new records for 11 British artists and made a total of 24.4m, proved that the power of the late musicians name outweighed the gloom ushered in by the election of Donald Trump just two days earlier.
 
Most of the art on the block was British 20th-century painting, deeply unfashionable when it was acquired b