Sotheby's auction of impressionist and modern art opened with an $81.3 million haul, led by record sales for works by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt and French impressionist Edgar Degas.
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The auction features 20th century German and Austrian art from two private collections, as well as major works by Degas and Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani.A 1915 oil landscape by Klimt pulled in $14.7 million Tuesday night, far above a pre-auction estimate of $5 million to $7 million.