Buyer Of The World's Most Expensive Painting Is Probably Not Sheikha Mayassa

Last week Francis Bacon's "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" was purchased for a record-breaking $142,405,000 at Christie's, becoming the most expensive painting ever sold at auction. In typical art world fashion, the piece was sold to Acquavella Galleries on behalf of a very "secret" buyer. Rumors have since swirled over the anonymous purchaser, with both Steve Wynn and Roman Abramovich's names passed around as potential bidders. And this Tuesday the New York Post "exclusively" announced the alleg...