Claude Monet Work Sells for $1.35m to Deliver a 17% Annualized Return
3 min read · 25 Jun 2026
Portrait d’homme debout. Image courtesy of Sotheby's
Claude Monet, Portrait d’homme debout (1864), sold for $1.35m (GBP1.02m), more than six and a half times the low estimate at Sotheby's in London on June 25.
The sale beat the previous auction result for this work by $1.11m, equivalent to an annualized return of 17%. It last sold at auction in 2016 for $245,400 at Christie's.
Oil on canvas, 46.2 x 32.6cm. The work has been traded 8 times in the past.
Sale Date | Price | Price Increase | Venue | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
June 25, 2026 | $1.35m | 451 % | Sotheby's | London |
February 03, 2016 | $245,400 | - | Christie's | London |
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