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Nov 15 2007 12:00am EDT

See the Action for Yourself

Eschewing the stuffy for the new guard, Christie's is posting video clips on YouTube featuring lots that have performed well when put on the block. If you missed the auction house's impressionist and modern sale last week or post-war and contemporary sale earlier this week, you can watch Henri Matisse's L'Odalisque, harmonie bleue sell for $33.6 million here and Mark Rothko's Untitled (Red, Blue, Orange) sell for $34.2 million here. Both were the most expensive lots in their respective sales.

Attempts to mine YouTube for clips of Sotheby's top lots have been unsuccessful thus far.

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Henri Matisse, L'Odalisque, harmonie bleue, Photo Credit: Christie's Images Ltd. 2007
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Mark Rothko, Untitled (Red, Blue, Orange), Photo Credit: Christie's Images Ltd. 2007

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