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Art Breaking

A bitter divorce resulted in the most astounding collection to come to auction this year — and ever.

The art collection of real-estate billionaire Harry Macklowe and his museum trustee ex-wife, Linda, full of fresh-to-market masterpieces by the most important artists of the last 80 years, achieved a landmark and eye-popping $676.1 million when it was sold by Sotheby’s in November, making it the most valuable single-owner auction of all time and the most valuable

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