Monet's "La Terasse A Sainte Addresse" auctioned at Christie's

Monet's "La Terasse A Sainte Addresse" auctioned at Christie's; ***ALSO AVAILABLE AS FS011267040*** ENGLAND: London: Christies: CMS Monet picture CS Signature Claude Monet CS Detail of picture showing Old man in chair (Monets father) BV People at auction BV Side, audience LMS Auctioneer SOF: "£360,000 guineas. Pull Out to GV SOF: Anymore? £56,000 guineas" CS Detail of painting showing old man in chair, tilt upto show couple by wall overlooking sea MS Geoffrey Agnew by picture: SOF: "I have friends in Europe, the United States and Canada all of who would be capable of buying this picture, some of whom, one of whom, probably will, but I don't know which". (Q: Did you expect to have to go as high as £588,000 for this?) "I anticipated this would not be less than that. I thought I might have to go rather higher". (Q: How high were you prepared to go?) "That, I won't tell you". (Q: Having paid nearly £600,000 for this picture, have you any doubts?) "None at all. No, my doubts have decreased since I've had it here". MS Rev Pitcairn by Picture: Zoom Into CS MS Rev Pitcairn by Picture: SOF: (Q: If my memory if right, you paid about $10,000? Did you expect to make so much profit over forty years?) "Well, I never think about the money when I buy paintings. I buy them because I love them". (Q: "Whats your reaction?) "Well, because I can do something useful with the money. Useful from the point of view of charities and other things. I was willing to leave it go and miss it". (Q: Will you devote all the money to charity?) CS Pitcairn SOF: "No, I have a large family, nine children and grandchildren".