Rockefeller sale smashes record for single-owner auction at Christie’s New York

The first part of Christie’s much-anticipated sale of the David and Peggy Rockefeller collection smashed the record for a single-owner auction in New York last night, setting records for Monet, Matisse and Delacroix in the process.

The 44 lots at the evening sale of 19th and 20th century art evening sale raised $646.1m (£476.1m) i…

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