Sold For £7,209,250

[threegee]

Southeby's Website And see Lot 13

Though is it just me that isn't drawn "entirely and irresistibly into its intense chromatic poetry"? I can just about make out a pair of nostrils in the bottom left quadrant, but mainly what I see is a lost opportunity to relieve just a tiny bit of misery in the world.

Maybe Gaddafi is right... and we are all on drugs!

[Malcolm Robinson]

I think a lot of this stuff is just plain nuts but what with the financial world in such turmoil I bet there will be more and more daft stuff trying to justify absurd valuations as punters try to offset inflation and hang onto what little cash assets they have.

Anyone for a limited edition Bedlington.co.uk mug, good inflation hedge and its useful!