• 22 Jun 2010 at 3:29 PM

Steve Cohen Sells Dandy

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Edouard Manet’s “Self Portrait with a Palette” sold tonight in London for 22.4 million pounds ($33.2 million) with fees, a record for the artist at auction. The 1878 painting, showing Manet dressed as a Parisian dandy, rather than as a working artist, is a well-known highlight of the art collection formed by Steven A. Cohen, founder of SAC Capital Advisors LP. Cohen paid $18.7 million for the painting at Christie’s International’s 1997 auction of the collection of the Wall Street financier John Loeb. The seller wasn’t named by Sotheby’s.

[Bloomberg]

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Comments (6)

  1. 1
    Posted by CoveredLong | June 22, 2010 at 3:37 PM

    “The seller wasn’t named by Sotheby’s.”

    Damn right he wasn’t.

    -Mr. Cohen

  2. 2
    Posted by Anonymous | June 22, 2010 at 3:38 PM

    He was sick of this sign of weakness hanging in his office.

  3. 3
    Posted by Anonymous | June 22, 2010 at 3:58 PM

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  4. 4
    Posted by Anonymous | June 22, 2010 at 4:02 PM

    Best. Tag. Ever.

  5. 5
    Posted by Anonymous | June 22, 2010 at 4:18 PM

    I thought was his nick name just for me?!

    -AT

  6. 6
    Posted by BSD | June 22, 2010 at 4:39 PM

    Parisian dandy – best band name ever

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