Price Jacked Up for Murakami Sculpture

Expected to fetch a mere $4 million at Sotheby's yesterday, artist Takashi Murakami's scupture of an anime youth masturbating to full and spectacular completion beat the odds and sold for $15 million. The buyer bid telephonically to maintain an understandable anonymity. (Gawker; t/y Chris)

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