An Unassuming Chardin Strawberry Painting Fetches a Record-Shattering $26.8 Million at Auction, Shocking Market-Watchers

displayed at the Cabinet Turquin in Paris, on January 20, 2022. Photo by Stephane De Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images.

So it was a pleasant surprise this week when a still life of a heap of strawberries set a Paris salesroom ablaze.by 18th-century French artist Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, soared far beyond its high $16.5 million estimate to fetch a remarkable $26.8 million with premium on March 23 at Artcurial.

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