The auctioneer donned a bow-tie, slightly askew, the television crews were at the ready at Menzies Gallery in Kensington, Sydney, and, in this year of rapidly changing business models, the auction was streamed live on YouTube as well. And yes, a record was set. Henri’s Armchair, a moody interior scene by Brett Whiteley, painted in 1974 to 1975, usurped Sidney Nolan’s iconic painting of the bushranger Ned Kelly, First-class Marksman, to become Australia’s most expensive artwork ever sold at auction.