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Vladimir Tretchikoff's original painting of the Chinese Girl, believed to be the world's most reproduced print, sells at auction for £982,050, around twice its anticipated sale price.

Going once, going twice ... sold for $43 million. Wednesday night in New York City, Christie's auctioned off Claude Monet's "Nympheas" and two other paintings inherited by the Hackley School for a combined total of more than $50 million.

A 1932 portrait by Pablo Picasso of his young lover and a pioneering 3-D Andy Warhol painting of the Statue of Liberty are expected to sell for at least $35 million each, but could fetch much more when they are auctioned next month.

A woman unknowingly purchased a Renoir painting at a flea market which may fetch up to $100,000 at an upcoming auction.

Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" sold for more than $106 million at Christie's on Tuesday, setting a record for art sold at auction.