ARTINFO - At least five bidders chased Claude Monet's "Le basin aux nymphéas" (1919) to a record £40,921,250 ($80,451,178; est. £18–24 million).

At least five bidders chased Claude Monet's "Le basin aux nymphéas" (1919) to a

record £40,921,250 ($80,451,178; est. £18–24 million).

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