Russian artist's painting sells for record â¹271 crore
A painting by 20th-century Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky has been sold for a record Â£33 million (â¹271 crore). The 1913 "Bild mit weissen Linien" (Painting with white lines) was bought for a UK-based client after a 13-minutes bidding war. Wassily's record was broken twice, with another of his paintings selling for Â£21 million (â¹172 crore), minutes apart in the auction.