This photo shows Claude Monet’s “Nymphéas” (1897–99) at Christie’s Hong Kong headquarters with an estimate of US$25 million – US$35 million the work is set to become one of the most expensive artworks ever sold in Asia at an auction in their new Asia Pacific headquarters at the Henderson Centre in Hong Kong on September 26, 2024. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION

This photo shows Claude Monet’s “Nymphéas” (1897–99) at Christie’s Hong Kong headquarters with an estimate of US$25 million – US$35 million the work is set to become one of the most expensive artworks ever sold in Asia at an auction in their new Asia Pacific headquarters at the Henderson Centre in Hong Kong on September 26, 2024. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION