3 November 2011 Updated at 05:07 ET
Klimt painting fetches $40.4m
The work depicts a lake in western Austria
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A 1915 Gustav Klimt landscape, looted by the Nazis and recently returned to the owner's grandson, has sold for $40.4m (£25.4m) at a New York auction.
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