Styrsky painting sells for record price

A work by the Czech surrealist painter Jindrich Styrsky has sold for a record 8.6 million crowns (or 360,000 dollars). The painting is entitled "Cirkus Simonette" and it was auctioned off at an exclusive art auction at Prague's Hilton Hotel on Sunday. The owner of Gallery Art Praha says that over 65 percent of the 420 works being auctioned were sold, and collectors spent a record amount on paintings.