Man Ray's famous photo, 'Le Violon d'Ingres,' sells at auction for a record-setting $12.4 million

American artist Man Ray's famous 1924 photograph, Le Violon d'Ingres just sold for $12.4M at a Christie's New York auction dedicated to surrealist art. The sale makes the photo the most expensive ever to be sold at auction. Per ART News, the final hammer price followed 10 minutes of intense outbidding. Before the auction, the photo was estimated to sell for between $5-7M. The photo is treasured because it's an original photographic copy likely made around the same time as the photo negative. The...