An unassuming Chardin strawberry painting fetches a record-shattering $26.8 million at auction, shocking market-watchers:
displayed at the Cabinet Turquin in Paris, on January 20, 2022. Photo by Stephane De Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images.
So it was a pleasant surprise this week when a still life of a heap of strawberries set a Paris salesroom ablaze.by 18th-century French artist Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, soared far beyond its high $16.5 million estimate to fetch a remarkable $26.8 million with premium on March 23 at Artcurial.
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