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The record-setting sale for the painting by Black artist Ernie Barnes, featured in the credits of Good Times, was anything but normal, as poker pro and energy trader Bill Perkins faced off in single combat against a mystery buyer—who might have been Mellody Hobson, wife of George Lucas.
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Ernie Barnes's "The Sugar Shack" smashed his auction record and shattered expectations with a $15.3 million sale at Christie's New York.
Iconic 'The Sugar Shack' painting sells at Christie’s to a fund manager, who has waited his whole life to buy that artwork
Houston- based entrepreneur and poker player Bill Perkins tells Artnet News about his big night at Christie's and the 'treasure' he left with