Greentree Foundation Sothebys Catalogue Whitney Sealed RARE HARD COVER VERSION - Auction May 2004 incl Picasso Start Price USD 75.00 Current Price USD 75.00 Time Left 12 days 21 hours 2 minutes Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, October 04, 2008 End Time Wednesday, December 03, 2008 Location Stratford, Connecticut See more about 'Greentree Foundation Sothebys Catalogue Whitney Sealed' Description Beautiful three-volume hard-cover edition catalog in sturdy slipcase. This auction is for a new, sealed set. (Photos are from an already opened soft cover set). Auction of the property of Greentree Foundation, from the collection of Mr. & Mrs. John Hay Whitney. Many of the pictures are foldouts. Almost all are in color. The painting on the cover of this catalogue is the most expensive painting ever sold at auction at that time. Picasso painted it when he was 24. The 1905 masterpiece by Pablo Picasso sold for $104m (£58m), becoming the world's most expensive painting. ‘Garcon a la Pipe’ - or ‘Boy with a Pipe’ - was sold to an anonymous bidder at Sotheby's in New York. The sale beat the $82.5m (£46m) paid for Vincent Van Gogh's Portrait of Doctor Gachet, sold in 1990. Volume 1: Impressionist & Modern Art, New York, May 5, 2004. 157 pages. Volume 2: Fine & Decorative Works of Art, New York, May 18, 2004. 139 pages. Volume 3: American Painting and Watercolors, New York, May 19, 2004. 63 pages. Free Media rate shipping in the US.  Priority shipping $5.00 additional. Insurance is recommended. Priority shipping to Canada and Mexico is $24.50; all other countries $38.50; insurance included up to $76.18 value on international shipping.  International/Canada/Mexico winners must pay through PayPal.I accept PayPal or U. S. Postal money orders. Checks accepted only from buyers with at least 20 positive feedbacks and no negative feedback, but items will not be mailed until the check clears (generally about 10 business days).  Payment is expected within 5 days of auction close. Place a Bid!