Christie's New York recorded over $1.1 billion in art sales within three hours, highlighted by Jackson Pollock's US$181 million 'Number 17A' painting, marking a blockbuster event for the auction house.

<p> <img alt="The roughly three-by-one meter oil and enamel work on canvas, entitled &#147;Number 7A, 1948,&#148; was painted at Pollock&#039;s Long Island, New York, studio" height="80" src="https://en.mercopress.com/data/cache/noticias/110226/100x80/paint.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0 12px 6px 0; border: 1px solid #333;" width="100" /> A painting by US Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock sold for a record US$181.2 million (€156.2 million) with fees, at Chri...