The Latest: Hitler sculpture brings $17.2 million at auction

In this Friday, April 29, 2016 photo, "Him" Maurizio Cattelan is on display during the press preview of "Bound to Fail" at Christie's auction house in New York. Christie’s starts off the auction week on Sunday, May 8, with a themed sale titled “Bound to Fail,” that features the controversial sculpture of a praying Hitler by Cattelan estimated between $10 million and $15 million. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) In this Friday, April 29, 2016 photo, "Him" Maurizio Cattelan is on display during the press preview of "Bound to Fail" at Christie's auction house in New York. Christie’s starts off the auction week on Sunday, May 8, with a themed sale titled “Bound to Fail,” that features the controversial sculpture of a praying Hitler by Cattelan estimated between $10 million and $15 million. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

By Associated Press May 8, 2016 2 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – The Latest on Christie’s curated sale kicking off art auction week (all times local):

7 p.m.

A sculpture of a kneeling Hitler by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan has sold for a record $17.2 million at a sale kicking off the weeklong New York auctions of modern, post-war and contemporary art at Christie’s and Sotheby’s.

Also selling at Christie’s “Bound to Fail” themed auction Sunday night was Jeff Koons’ “One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank.” The ball suspended in a water tank has sold for $15.3 million, just over its $12 million estimate.

Both works came up for auction for the first time. There are 39 works in Christie’s sale.