Bowie's art collection makes millions at London auction

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David Bowie & #039;s art collection went under the hammer on Thursday with one item reaching more than £7 million at auction, as buyers & #039; enthusiasm for the late musician & #039;s collection exceed expectations in London. The highest-selling item in Bowie & #039;s collection, the graffiti-inspired & quot;Air Power & quot; canvas by Basquiat, sold for £7.09 million ($8.9 million, 8.2 million euros) at Sotheby & #039;s auction house. Bowie bought & quot;Air Power & quot; and another painting by the artist, who died from an overdose in 1988 aged 27, shortly before the 1996 biopic & quot;Basquiat, & quot; in which the rocker played his early idol Andy Warhol.
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