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  • June 2008

    • Monet Sells for Record $80.4M

      New York Times  |  Jun 24, 08 9:30 PM CDT

      Monet Sells for Record $80.4M

      (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. More »

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

  • May 2008

    • Monet Sells for Record $41M

      New York Times  |  May 6, 08 10:05 PM CDT

      Monet Sells for Record $41M

      (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 of $37 million pushed the final price, which includes auction house commissions, above $40 million, providing further evidence that the economic downturn has yet to dent the art world. More »

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

  • February 2008

    • Arts Nazis Stole Goes on Exhibit

      Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 20, 08 1:07 PM CST

      Arts Nazis Stole Goes on Exhibit

      (Newser) - Authorities in France and Israel are attempting to return paintings seized by Nazis during World War II to families to whom they belong, and have organized an exhibit of 50 “orphaned” works in Israel to solicit rightful claims. The tranquil themes of many of the works in the exhibit, “Looking for Owners,” contrast sharply with their ownership histories, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

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      Israel  • France  • art  • Nazi  • painting  • Holocaust  • Claude Monet  • Gustave Courbet  • Henri Matisse

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