David Hockney’s Woldgate Woods could break auction record for artist

David Hockney is man of the moment in the museum world, and now the art market is catching up. In New York in November, Sothebys is to sell the first painting in Hockneys Woldgate Woods series to appear at auction. Woldgate Woods, 24, 25 and 26 (2006) carries an estimate of $9m to $12mthe artists record at auction currently stands at $7.9m, although works have been selling privately for more than $10m, according to Oliver Barker, the co-chairman of Sothebys Europe.From an artistic perspective Ho