But when Maezawa chose the same auction week in May 2016 to spend hefty sums on a number of other top lots as well — $ 13.9 million on a Christopher Wool, $ 9.7 million on Richard Prince's Runaway Nurse, $ 6.9 million on Jeff Koons's Lobster — he worked the elder collector class into a frenzy. (artnews.com)