Slowhand keeps the market up to speed with £19m Richter
This year’s Frieze week auction totals in London were largely consistent with 2011, but the much-publicised sale of Eric Clapton’s prize abstract by Gerhard Richter (b.1932) proved crucial in bolstering the overall figures.
The combined hammer total for the sales at Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips de Pury was £115m, com…