Parting Shot — 2.4.15

Sotheby’s staff pose for a picture with ‘Le Grand Canal’ by Claude Monet, during a preview of their upcoming Impressionist and Modern, Surrealist and Contemporary Art sale, at the auction house in London, England. “Le Grand Canal,” fetched 23.7 million pounds ($35.6 million) at Sotheby’s, though it didn’t reach the top of its pre-sale estimate of 20 million pounds to 30 million pounds. The Impressionist, Modern and Surrealist auction on Tuesday raised 186.4 million pounds ($280.2 million), the highest-ever total for a single sale in London. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland, File)