Art sale expected to raise £200m

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A visitor views the triptych 'Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards' by Francis Bacon, which is expected to fetch around 80 million US Dollars as part of Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art sale in New York on May 12 and 13 2014. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Friday April 11, 2014. See PA story SALE Bacon. Photo credit should read: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Work by some of the biggest names in modern art went on show today ahead of a sale that is expected to raise more than £200 million.

More than 30 works, including a painting by Francis Bacon and an Andy Warhol print, have gone on show at Christie's in King Street, London, before they are transported to New York for the sale on May 12 and 13.

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