NEW YORK - MAY 06: A guest holds a catalog before entering Christie's New York Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale May 6, 2008 in New York City. The sale featured 58 lots, estimated at $287 to 405 million, of work by Rodin, Matisse, Giacometti and Monet. Getty Images logo Getty Images 18 months ago

NEW YORK - MAY 06: A guest holds a catalog before entering Christie's New York Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale May 6, 2008 in New York City. The sale featured 58 lots, estimated at $287 to 405 million, of work by Rodin, Matisse, Giacometti and Monet.

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