Tanavoli “Seated Poet” sells for record $550,000 at Tehran auction

TEHRAN – “Seated Poet”, a bronze sculpture by Parviz Tanavoli, sold at the 15th Tehran Auction on Friday for 146 billion rials (about $550,000 based on Iran’s free-market exchange rate: $1 = 265,660 rials) setting a record for an artwork in national sales.