London has pulled aheaad of New York in art sales. “London racked up a 38.2-per-cent share (or $854 million)of the $2.23-billion of fine art sold by Sotheby’s Holdings Inc., Christie’s International and other houses between Jan. 1 and July 18, Artprice said in an e-mailed report. New York sales in the period totalled $833-million or 37.3 per cent of the total, which rose 10.2 per cent from a year earlier, it said.”