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Article: At THE AUCTIONS
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- March 4, 1994
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Streisand fever reigned at Christie's yesterday as the
Hollywood diva's collection of 20th-century decorative and fine art
fetched $5.77 million, easily vanquishing the $4.2 million high
estimate. The actress monitored the sale by telephone from her
Beverly Hills home and told Christie's she was "thrilled" with the
results. Only one of 178 lots failed to sell.
Artist/Title .................................. Price ...
(Estimate)
TOP FIVE PRICES
Tamara de Lempicka, "Adam and Eve" ............ $1.98 ....
$600,000-
............................................. million .....
$800,000
Streisand bought the 1932 painting for $132,000 in 1984. It
eclipsed the artist's previous auction ...