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Monet Sells for Record $80.4M

Rare waterlily work attracts high bidders at Christie's

By Laurel Jorgensen, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 24, 2008 9:30 PM CDT

(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... Read full story »

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