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Art Basel roundup: the numbers in one place

Collected the figures from the GONOM post for anyone following: about 290 galleries from 43 countries and territories. Picasso painting sold for $35m by Hauser & Wirth in the invite-only preview, and they placed more than $65m on day one.

Thaddaeus Ropac nearly $9m in the first hour, David Zwirner more than $10m in primary sales, and Gray sold a Hockney for $8.5m days after he died. That last one feels a bit strange. Thoughts?