A few weeks back, an auction at Christie's in New York raised the highest-ever total for a private collection: $832,573,469, from more than 1,500 lots from the estate of Peggy and David Rockefeller. Among its sales were a Monet ($84,687,500) and a Matisse ($80,750,000), a record for both artists,...
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:00AM on May 17, 2018