Kandinsky record falls twice in patchy Sotheby’s sale

Its a 1913 Kandinsky, said a shaky Hugo Nathan by way of explanation on why he bid a record 29.2m (33m with fees) on Wassily Kandinskys Bild mit weissen Linien at Sothebys Impressionist and Modern Art sale this evening in London.
Nathan, one half of the London-based art advisory Beaumont Nathan, said he bought the oil on canvas on behalf of a private collector. The work, an early foray into abstraction by the artist, carried an estimate of in excess of $35m, and was subject to both a guarantee