This undated photo provided by Christie's shows "Three Studies of Lucian Freud," a triptych by Francis Bacon of his friend and artist Lucian Freud. The 1969 painting by Bacon set a world record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction when it sold Tuesday evening Nov. 12, 2013 for $142.4 million. (AP Photo/Christie’s)NEW YORK (AP) — A 1969 portray by way of Francis Sir Francis Bacon set a world record for the costliest paintings ever offered at auction and a sculpture by means of Jeff Koons broke a world auction document for a living artist at a Ny sale on Tuesday.