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Art values are booming as New York auctions make billions of dollars in sales

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A woman takes a photo of Andy Warhol's 'Shot Sage Blue Marilyn' on April 29 during Christie's 20th and 21st Century Art press preview in New York City. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

The market for high-end art appears to be booming, with a series of high-value auctions in New York taking Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips total sales to more than $2.5 billion for 2022 already.

Auctions this month alone have included:

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