Stock Photo - Oct. 10, 1958 - Historic sale at Sotheby's seven impressionists paintings sold for £781,000: Seven impressionist paintings were sold for £781,000 in 21 minutes at Sotheby's last night. Six of them will go to America, and the seventh was bought by a London dealer. The top price of £220,000 paid for Cezanne's 'Boy in Red Waistcoat' more than doubled the world record of £104,000 paid for a Gaugin in Paris last year. It was bought by Mr.Georgen Keller, of the Carstairs Gallery, New York, Van Gogh's 'Public Garden at Arles' sold for £132,000, and Manet's 'Flags in the Rue Monsier', £113,000, also beat the old record.The total of £781,000 was another world record. Last night's sale was of pictures from the estate of the New York millionaire, Mr.Jacob Goldschmidt. Photo shows Manet's 'la Rue Mosnier', one of the collection of paintings which was sold to Mr. Keller, of the Carstairs Gallery New York, for £113,000 at the sale last night. (Credit Image: © Keystone Press Agency/Keystone USA via ZUMAPRESS.com)

Stock Photo: Oct. 10, 1958 - Historic sale at Sotheby's seven impressionists paintings sold for £781, 000: Seven impressionist paintings were sold for £781.

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