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On this day - 28 November

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Picasso painting sells for £21 million.

Daily Express 28/11/1988

On November 28th 1988 Picasso's painting "An Acrobat and Young Harlequin" sold for £21 million ($38.35 million) at Christie's Auction House in London. It was sold to a Japanese man and it is believed he purchased it on behalf of a Japanese department store. This sale marked one of the highest prices ever paid for artwork.

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