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Alberto Giacometti sculpture of a stick woman on wheels

How Monet became blue chip: the language of wealthy art buyers

December 25, 2019February 4, 2015 by Editorial

Painting of the Grand Canal expected to fetch up to £30m, amid surging interest from super-rich in Asia and Middle East

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