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  Record Auction at Sotheby's

Big numbers for Impressionist art as N.Y. auctions kick off

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The spring auctions got off to a strong start on Tuesday with Sotheby's solid sale of Impressionist and modern art which took in $230 million, led by a $42 million Cezanne still life and a $26 million Modigliani portrait. Full story

Colonial psalm book could sell for $30 million at NY auction

NEW YORK (Reuters) - One of 11 surviving copies of the first book printed in America is hitting the auction block later this year and is expected to fetch as much as $30 million, which would make it the most valuable book in history, Sotheby's said on Friday. Full story

William Faulkner archival material to be sold at auction

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Letters, an unpublished short story and William Faulkner's Nobel Prize medal could sell for more than $2 million when archival materials of the author are sold at auction in June, Sotheby's said on Thursday. Full story

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