Monet’s “Meules“ Sells for Astonishing $110.7 Million, a New Artist Record | Sotheby’s

After 6 bidders competed for more than 8 minutes, Claude Monet’s Meules is the most valuable Impressionist work of art sold at auction. The painting achieved an astonishing $110,747,000 — 44x the estimate. The winning bid shatters the previous record for the highest sum ever paid for a work by Monet, signaling the enduring value and popularity of the French Impressionist master; the bid is also the record for any Impressionist work of art.