Monet painting fetches $A159m at auction

Updated May 15 2019 - 11:33am, first published 11:30am
Claude Monet's 'Meules', one of his paintings of haystacks, has fetched a record price at auction.
Claude Monet's 'Meules', one of his paintings of haystacks, has fetched a record price at auction.

One of Claude Monet's iconic paintings of haystacks has fetched a record $US110.7 million ($A159.4 million) at an auction in New York.