The highest selling lot in March 2017 came on the very first day of the month. Gustav Klimt’s oil painting Bauerngarten (Blumengarten) (1907) sold for £47.97 million ($59 million) during the Impressionist and modern art evening sale at Sotheby’s London. The lot is the second most expensive Klimt sold at auction to date.
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