Those Things Money Can Buy

Those Things Money Can Buy
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Le Bassin aux Nympheas
Price tag: $80,400,000
Claude Monet's 1919 painting Le Bassin aux Nympheas fetched a record for the artist's work. It is considered to be the most significant work from his water-lily series.

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