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Fri 06 Jun 2007Francis Bacon self-portrait sold for €28.7m at Sotheby'sA self-portrait by the Dublin-born artist Francis Bacon has sold for €28.71 million (£19.3 million) at auction in Sotheby's in London.Once again demand for Bacon's work defied expectations as Self Portrait (1978) was expected to fetch about €19 million when it came up for sale at Sotheby's Sale of Contemporary Art.