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Monet Sells for Record $80.4M

Posted Jun 24, 08 9:30 PM CDT in Arts & Living 

(Newser) – One of Monet’s rare waterlily paintings sold at Christie’s in London tonight for more than $80 million, a record price for the artist, the New York Times reports. At least six buyers competed for Le Bassin aux Nympheas, a 1919 work from a series of paintings considered among Monet’s most important. An anonymous buyer won the painting with a high bid of $80.4 million.

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Monet's 'Le bassin aux nympheas' was sold for more than $80 million at auction, kicking off a week of modern-art sales expected to reach records that defy the global economic downturn.   (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
An auction house worker poses in front of Claude Monet's 'Le bassin aux nympheas' 1919 painting.   (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
An auction house worker admires Claude Monet's 'Le bassin aux nympheas' 1919 painting. The most significant work from Monet's waterlily series was sold for more than $80 million at auction Tuesday.   (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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