%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%An Andy Warhol canvas of the Chinese communist leader Mao Tse-tung sold for £7.6 million tonight - more than 18 times the price paid last time it went to auction.
Warhol's Mao series was a response to US president Richard Nixon's visit to China in 1972.
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