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Record auction for American paintings at Sotheby's NY
Sotheby's sale in New York set a record with 43.6 million as six Sargents and works by Georgia O'Keeffe and Edward Hopper topped estimates. O'Keeffe's From the Plains sold for 3.63 million to Gerald Peters Gallery of Santa Fe, the highest for the artist. Sargent works totaled 16.65 million, including A Gust of Wind at 1.65 million. Hopper sold for 1.26 million to a private American buyer. A Bill Traylor group brought 777,700 in a special sale within the auction.
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New York
Georgia O'Keeffe
John Singer Sargent
Sotheby's
Matthew Weigman
O'Keeffe
Plains
Gerald Peters
Santa Fe
Corfu
Sargent
Pauline Astor
Edward Hopper
Bill Traylor
London