The work sold on the opening night of the exhibit.

The work sold for a record price $220,000, which was much higher than the guide estimates of between $60,000 and $80,000.

Until 1990 not one such work had sold at auction for more than $1m.

Another gigantic work by an 80's artist sold for a high price, too.

If a work sells, all the public exposure has paid off.

He put his artists on a payroll whether or not their work sold.

Sure, you do good work and your darn books sell, although sometimes I wonder why.

In 2001, this work sold for $9 million at auction.

The work had sold over 200,000 copies by March 2007.

The auction house had estimated that the work would sell for $1,800 to $2,500.