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NEWS ABOUT: impressionist art

impressionist art stories: 4 news summaries

 Monet Sells for Record $80.4M 

Rare waterlily work attracts high bidders at Christie's

Jun 24, 08 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 series of paintings considered among... More »

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Christie's • auction • bid • art auction • impressionist art • Claude Monet

 Monet Sells for Record $41M 

Painting fetches tidy sum at Christie's

May 6, 08 10:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Monet painting sold at Christie’s tonight for $41.4 million, a record price for the artist, the New York Times reports. Three bidders competed for the 1873 impressionist painting “The Railroad Bridge at Argenteuil,” which Christie’s estimated would go for $35 million. The high bid... More »

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art • Christie's • auction • bid • art auction • impressionist art • Claude Monet

 Art Auction Houses
 Predict 25% Bump 

Sotheby's and Christie's prepare for booming auction season—they hope

May 5, 08 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The New York art auction season begins today, and Sotheby’s and Christie’s say they believe the art market’s 5-year boom will continue, forecasting $1.8 billion in sales, reports the Financial Times. The prediction of a 25% boost over last year flies in the face of... More »

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art market • art • Sotheby's • Christie's • art auction • impressionist art

Contemporary Art Scores for Auction Houses

Sales swelled 36% in 2007; some fear houses too invested in the new

Dec 27, 07 11:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Contemporary art has been very good to Sotheby’s, fueling a 46% boost in sales for the world’s second-largest auctioneer this year over last, Bloomberg says. A crop of new collectors from the US, Russia and Asia brought new records for artists like Francis Bacon and Jeff Koons, for... More »

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contemporary art • London • art • subprime mortgages • Sotheby's • Christie's • Francis Bacon • Vincent Van Gogh • art auction • Jeff Koons • impressionist art

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