Piccadilly Circus Sold

Yesterday evening Christie’s auction house in London flogged the L.S. Lowry collection of the late hotel tycoon Lord Forte for £17.7 million (CLICK). Lowry's painting of Piccadilly Circus (1960) fetched a record £5.6 million, equalling the record set by The Football Match (1949) which was also sold by Christie's to an anonymous buyer.