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Chinese Girl sale nears £1m mark

Vladimir Tretchikoff's original painting of the Chinese Girl, believed to be the world's most reproduced print, sells at auction for £982,050, around twice its anticipated sale price.

 

Monet fetches $43M for NY school

Going once, going twice ... sold for $43 million. Wednesday night in New York City, Christie's auctioned off Claude Monet's "Nympheas" and two other paintings inherited by the Hackley School for a combined total of more than $50 million.

 

Picasso painting to sell for at least $35 million

Picasso

A 1932 portrait by Pablo Picasso of his young lover and a pioneering 3-D Andy Warhol painting of the Statue of Liberty are expected to sell for at least $35 million each, but could fetch much more when they are auctioned next month.

 

'The Scream' fetches record $119.9M at NYC auction

The Scream

It's a scream that's still reverberating around the world. One of the most iconic images in art history - Edvard Munch's "The Scream" - has become the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction. During an intense 12 minutes, the 1895 artwork - a modern symbol of human anxiety - was sold at Sotheby's in New York City on Wednesday for a record $119,922,500. Neither the buyer's name nor any details about the buyer was released.

 

Picasso piece sets record for art sold at auction

Picasso piece sets record for art sold at auction

Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" sold for more than $106 million at Christie's on Tuesday, setting a record for art sold at auction.

 

Picasso works snapped up at sale

Picasso works snapped up at sale

Two paintings by Pablo Picasso are bought at auction in New York, just 24 hours after another of his works failed to sell.

 

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