Turner masterpiece sold for £30m record at auction
A Turner masterpiece has sold for almost £30m - a new auction record for the British master.
Joseph Mallord William Turner's Modern Rome - Campo Vaccino, fetched £29,721,150 at Sotheby's in London.
The painting was sold by a descendant of the fifth Earl of Rosebery, who bought it in 1878 while on honeymoon with his wife Hannah Rothschild.
The previous record for a Turner was £20.5m for a view of Venice, which went under the hammer in April 2006....
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Joseph Mallord William Turner's Modern Rome - Campo Vaccino, fetched £29,721,150 at Sotheby's in London.
The painting was sold by a descendant of the fifth Earl of Rosebery, who bought it in 1878 while on honeymoon with his wife Hannah Rothschild.
The previous record for a Turner was £20.5m for a view of Venice, which went under the hammer in April 2006....