LONDON.- Sotheby’s October auctions of Contemporary Art/Arab & Iranian and Arts of the Islamic World concluded today bringing a combined total of£10,901,275/$16,843,460. Sotheby’s fourth dedicated auction of Contemporary Art/Arab & Iranian concluded with a total of £2,335,200/$3,610,219. The sale saw ten new auction records set for artists including Bahman Mohasses, Kadhim Hayder and Nadim Karam, and ten benchmarks established for artists featured for the first time at auction including Hadieh Shafie, Tagreed Darghouth and Ebrahim Olfat. Sale Highlights: *Sohrab Sepehri’s Untitled fetched the above-estimate total of £385,250/$595,596 (est. £200,000-300,000). *Bahman Mohasses’s Untitled sold for £121,250/$187,452 (est. £50,000-70,000), setting a new record for the artist at auction. *Jawad Selim’s Portrait of a Girl brought £235,250/$363,696 (est. £70,000 – 90,000). Sotheby’s Arts of the