A painting from the nympheas series by French Impressionist painter Claude Monet sold for US $ 22,552 million on November 8th 1999 at Christie's in New York. Van Gogh's «Pont de Trinquetaille» from the Akram Ojjeh collection fetched US $ 15,4 million against a US $ 20 million estimate. A rare sculpture by Auguste Rodin, titled «Eve» fetched a record price of US $ 4,8 million. Christie's sold 90% of the 53 lots of their catalogue for a total sum of US $ 88,2 million against a global estimate of US $ 100 million.
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