Monday, May 1, 2017

Prop Bet: Mo Money Monet

Wanna bet this pretty picture goes for more than the quoted range despite the stamped signature?

From Art Market Monitor, April 24:

Sotheby’s $14m Monet Nymphéas Up in May

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 Claude Monet Le Bassin aux nymphéas Oil on canvas 38¼ by 51⅛ in. Painted circa 1917-20. Est. $14/18 million
Details on the last of the Imp-Mod lots are coming out as the catalogues emerge and get printed. Sotheby’s has a few lots like this Monet water lilies work that was stamped by his heirs with the painter’s signature....MORE