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Picasso, Giacometti Works Smash Records at Auction

Two 20th century masterpieces smashed world records at a New York art auction Monday, dubbed by collectors as "the sale of the century." Pablo Picasso's "The Woman of Algiers -- Version O" sold for more than $179 million at Christie's Auction House -- the highest price ever paid for a single painting. The Spanish master created the work as part of a series of paintings created in 1954 and 1955. The name of the telephone buyer was not disclosed. Another...


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