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Buyers Return for Healthy Christie's Sale

Auction house pulls in $103M, besting rival Sotheby's

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted May 7, 2009 7:33 AM CDT

(Newser) – The art market performed better last night at Christie's New York sale of Impressionist and modern art, pulling in $103 million after a lackluster showing by its rival Sotheby's on Tuesday. The top lot was a 1968 portrait by Picasso, which sold for $14.6...   Read full story »

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