
An employee of Sotheby's auction house poses by 'Study for a Pope I', by British artist Francis Bacon with an estimate of £25-35 Million GBP (30-40 million USD) during a press preview in London on June 19, 2015. AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE, MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION, TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images)
Il pezzo d’eccezione proposto in asta nel 2005, fu aggiudicato a 6 milioni di sterline, registrando world record per l’artista (l’attuale world record per Francis Bacon è di 142 milioni di dollari).