Rare van Gogh painting, Giacometti sculpture fetch $162.8 million at NY auction

A rare piece of artwork painted by Vincent van Gogh weeks before his death sold for $61.8 million Tuesday at a sale kicking off New York City’s fall art auctions of impressionist and modern art. The 1890 painting, “Still Life, Vase With Daisies and Poppies,” had been expected to fetch between $30 and $50 million at Sotheby’s evening sale in Manhattan. Van Gogh painted the bouquet of wildflowers at the French home of his physician, Dr Paul Gachet, in 1890. The auction also brought in $101 million for “Chariot,” a rare sculpture by Alberto Giacometti. The 1951 bronze sculpture features an elongated goddess-like figure perched atop a wheeled chariot. The price almost broke the $104.3 million record for the artist.

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