Getting The Picture

Paying Attention:  Stunned by the big prices being paid at auction for fine art? A Picasso [ “Les Femmes d’Alger (Version ‘O’)] was sold this year for $179.5 million .  At the same auction, a sculpture by Giacommetti went for $141.3 million (with fees).  The fine art world is quickly becoming a very wealthy neighborhood. But there is an …