18 Basquiats Were Sold In 2021 And Well Over $250 Million Was Spent; Here’s A Running List

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18 Basquiats Were Sold In 2021 And Well Over $250 Million Was Spent; Here’s A Running List

Just this year alone, there were 18 of Jean-Michel Basquiat's paintings sold totaling $258 million. We’ve created a running list of all the Basquiat paintings sold in 2021, including their value at sale.

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May 8 marks the massacre at Setif, Algeria which took place in 1945. The French troops left one of the unforgettable memories of the Algerian peoples struggle, 45,000 dead

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1999

Basketball star Moses "The Mailman" Malone born

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1921

James Theodore Holly

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Viro "Black Sam" Small makes his wrestling debutat Owney's Bastile in New York

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Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett

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Jazz pianist Theolonius Monk is born in Rocky Mount, NC.He was only oneof 3

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10

1917

Malcolm X born in Omaha, Nebraska

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1917

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1907

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1911

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1940

Opera singer Marian Anderson born

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1975

Jazz artist George Benson born

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1943

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Death of Marcus Garvey

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10

1941

Haitian liberator, Toussaint L'Ouverture, enters Santiago to battle the French,

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1801

NAACP Executive Director

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8

1981

Suit accusing New York City Board of Education of

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1962

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1934

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1920

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1855

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