In this week's Impressionist auctions at the two big houses a Juan Gris still life "The Checked Tablecloth" sold for $56.7 million at Christie's breaking the previous record for a Gris, the 2010 auction of "Violin and Guitar" for $28 million
At Sotheby's a new record for a Pissarro was established, the Nazi-looted Boulevard Montmartre, Spring Morning, 1897 which made $32 million:
That handily beat the previous record of $7 mil. for Le Pont Boieldieu et la gare d'Orleans, Rouen, Soleil in 2009.
There's a lot of money floating around.
