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Events on Tuesday 15 May 1990 1
1990Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" sells for record priceAuction sets new high for a paintingVincent van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" sold at Christie's in New York on 15 May 1990 for $82.5 million, a record for any artwork at the time. The buyer was Japanese businessman Ryoei Saito. The sale highlighted the booming art market of the late 1980s.