1. Its selling price ranked second only to another Picasso piece, "Garcon a la pipe," which sold at Sotheby‘s for more than $104 million in May 2004, the auction house said.

2. Prior to this, Van Goghs ‘Portrait of ARTICLE In May 2004, Picasso‘s "Garcon a la Pipe" went under the hammer for a whopping $104 million to an anonymous buyer that left even the experts flabbergasted.

3. The painting almost doubled its pre–sale estimate, putting it within touching distance of the highest price paid for any artwork sold at auction, Picasso‘s Garcon ála Pipe, which went for more than $104m (56.'m) in May 2004.

4. Sunday August 12, 1'45 THE King, wonderful to relate, had a letter from the Duke of Windsor (‘Dear Bertie . . . Yours, David‘ – the first so begun and ended for many a long day), in which he announced his intention of taking his Duchess to Antibes next month, and subsequently paying a short visit to this country, en garcon [‘as a bachelor‘ – alone]. The whole Windsor problem has recently been complicated by the discovery among the German Foreign Office archives of a set of top–secret telegrams between Ribbentrop and Stohrer (German Ambassador in Madrid), regarding certain alleged overtures made to the Windsors by German agents when they were marooned in Portugal in May 1'40.

5. UserName Pass Sunday, August 7, 2005 print this page FEATURE All News» » Galata Tower, a monument to history » Tenor Hakan Aysev at the famous Teatro Colón... » From Nazi camp to space technology, the artifical heart adventure » Kirov, Bocca Tango Maipo to dazzle at Bodrum International Ballet Festival » Ninth International Istanbul Biennial preparations under way Portobello Road The Islamic Gemstone captures within it the various controversies of science and faith, as the images speak a thousand words ANDY MCSMITH – TDN Guest writer ARTICLE SUMMARYIn May 2004, Picassos ‘Garcon a la Pipe‘ went under the hammer for a whopping $104 million to an anonymous buyer that left even the experts flabbergasted.