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Monet painting fetches $80 million at London auction
Jun 25 2008, AP

A water lily painting by Claude Monet sold for more than $80 million Tuesday, breaking the auction record for the French impressionist artist, Christie’s said.”Le bassin aux nympheas,” or “Water Lily Pond,” which sold for $80,451,178, was part of a...

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An auction house worker poses for the photographer Thursday June 19, 2008, in front of Claude Monet’s ‘Le bassin aux nympheas’ 1919 painting, ahead of an auction on June 24, at Christie’s auction house in central London. The most significant work...

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