Monet painting sells for record $81m

Al Jazeera English 2016-11-17

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A world record price has been paid for a painting by Claude Monet.
A buyer who hasn't been named paid $81m for the impressionist's masterpiece.
That's almost double the pre-sale estimate.

Al Jazeera's Victoria Gatenby reports.
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