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microrobert
01-20-2015, 04:14 PM
Art Sales: Show me the Monet

As Sotheby’s prepares to auction five works by Claude Monet, Colin Gleadell takes a look at the current state of the Monet market

The Museum of Modern Art in New York is to sell a ravishing painting of poplar trees by Claude Monet worth an estimated £9 to £12 million ($13.6 to $18 million) in London next month. The decision, to be announced this week, now brings the total number of Monet pieces for sale at Sotheby’s in February to five, with a combined estimate of up to £70 million ($106 million) including the charges made to buyers. No wonder Sotheby’s staff are humming the Impressionist version of the immortal Abba song: “Monet, Monet, Monet, it’s a rich man’s world”.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/art/58054/art-sales-show-me-the-monet.html