“He’s now in the same league as Francis Bacon and Pablo Picasso,” said the dealer Jeffrey Deitch, an expert on Basquiat.

Really?

It's not even especially noteworthy for a Basquiat, which makes the sale price even more inexplicable.

Both art and real estate have been the primary vehicles for worldwide money laundering schemes for decades.

Imagine how many people could be fed, clothed, housed, and provided fresh water and education with the money rich assholes spend on art.

@1: Sure, the league of painters who've sold for $100M+