Monet Money: landscape painting sells for $110.7 million

This Claude Monet landscape painting just broke a record by selling for $110.7 million dollars at auction.

Above, the painting in question, Monets Les Meules, image courtesy Sothebys.

From Bloomberg's report by Katya Kazakina:

A sun-drenched landscape by Claude Monet fetched $110.7 million at Sothebys in New York on Tuesday, setting a record for the Impressionist painter.

Painted in 1890, Les Meules, from the artists series featuring haystacks, had been estimated at $55 million. The final price includes fees.

The previous auction record for Monet was $84.7 million, for one of his water lilies works sold at Christies last year.

The bidding war lasted for more than eight minutes and drew at least six bidders. The winning bid was placed by a woman sitting in the back of the room, with paddle 989.

Her identity wasnt immediately clear.

Not clear, you say?

Hmm.

Who could it be.

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