New York, UNITED STATES: A painting titled ‘White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose)’ by Mark Rothko is displayed at Sotheby’s auction house in New York 14 May 2007. Records were shattered 15 May at Sotheby’s 255 million USD auction of contemporary and postwar art, the biggest in history, which was led by the Rothko which sold for 73 million USD. AFP PHOTO/Timothy A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
