Claude Monet's Haystack painting fetches $110.7 million at auction

A Claude Monet painting from his celebrated "Meules" (Haystacks) series fetched $110.7 million in New York in an auction record for the French Impressionist master. The sale at Sotheby's — the first time the work had come to auction since 1986 — fetched one of the 10 highest prices ever seen at auction. The total, which includes fees and the commission, was more than 44 times the previous record for the work.

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