New Record For Koons At Auction

 On May 15, 2001, Jeff Koon's sculpture 'Michael Jackson and Bubbles' (see related news item dated April 19, 2001) was sold for US$ 5,615,750 at Sotheby's spring contemporary art auction in New York, USA, setting a new record for the artist and obliterating the previous mark of $1,817,500 million. The price, paid by an anonymous bidder, was well above its pre-sale estimate of US$ 3-4 million. The large porcelain sculpture, created in 1988, is one of three in a set created by the contemporary artist. It was described by Sotheby's as melding "pop culture and high art." Source: Reuters / Sothebys / MJFC 

This is a big ceramics sculpture
106.7 x 179.0 x 82.6 cm or 42.7 x 71.6 x 33 inches

" IfI were not  Jeff Koons, I would like to be  Michael Jackson". J.K. Jeff Koons is  a (very) contemporary American artist,
 borned in Pennsylvania and living in New York.