Jun 24th, 2008 · An $80 million auction sale of a work by Claude Monet illustrates that while most ordinary people are cutting out non-essential spending, wealthy art collectors aren't. The weak dollar is one reason why a very small group of ultra-rich buyers is keeping the high-end art market alive.
Keywords: Economy · ultra · dollars · rich · alive · auction · buyers · Collector · wealthy · Claude Monet
Dec 13th, 2006 · More than 1,000 letters written to Claude Monet are up for auction in Paris. The senders include fellow artists like Renoir, Manet, Cezanne, Degas, and admirers who reached out to "cher Monet." The Artcurial auction house says it expects the letters, many of them previously unpublished, to sell for more than $600,000.
Keywords: sender · artists · Paris · Cezanne · auction · admiring · Monet · Renoir · Cher · Arists · Claude Monet · Artcurial
