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Cohen’s Manet Sells for Record $33.2 Million in Art-Market Test
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An Edouard Manet self portrait sold for a record 22.4 million pounds ($33.2 million) with fees last night as London started its two-week test of the art market.
Hedge-fund manager Steven A. Cohen’s Manet, "Self Portrait With a Palette," made the most for a work by the artist at auction. Bidders at Sotheby’s bought 112.1 million pounds of modern and Impressionist art, with buyers being selective after recent surges in prices and estimates.