By Heather Struck

NEW YORK, April 12 (Reuters) – Visitors who have tried to visit New York's vaunted Armory Show of contemporary and modern art last month may have spent more time pushing through crowds than examining the exhibitions.

More than 60,000 visitors – the most ever – crowded into two dockside spaces overlooking New York City's Hudson River for the three day event, where they sipped champagne, murmured over works by masters like Andy Warhol and Cindy Sherman, and threw down big money to snap up a piece of the new art scene.

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