When impressive works his the market, impressive prices are achieved. Peter Paul Rubens’s Lot and his Daughters was offered yesterday in London and after a 14 minute bidding war, the work sold for £44,882,500 ($58.2M). by the end of the sale, 34 works found new homes and the total take was £65.4M ($85M).
Source: Rubens masterpiece fetches record-breaking £44 million at auction