Salvador Dali sets new record at Christies Surreal Day at the Beach

Salvador Dalí's "Etude Pour 'Le Miel Est Plus Doux que le Sang'" sold for $6,561,070, a record for the artist. (Surreal Day at the Beach)

LONDON— Though lacking firepower on par with the blockbuster Picasso its arch-rival Sotheby's had on Tuesday evening, Christie's knocked down a marathon evening sale in London that tag-teamed Impressionist and Modern Art with the "Art of the Surreal" to bring in a market-assuring $136,316,959 (£84,879,800). That tally overshot the £72.5 million low presale estimate, but fell shy of the £107.1 million high estimate.

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