'Hall of Flowers' sold for $365,000

Impressionist painter E. Charlton Fortune's "Hall of Flowers," 1915, sold to the highest bidder for $365,000 at California and Western Paintings auction, on April 8. Inspired by the creative atmosphere surrounding the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, the painting is considered to be a masterpiece, created at the peak of the painter's career.

There were also other highlights of the auction that performed well, making it a successful event, totaling $3.4 million in sales in Los Angeles simulcast with San Francisco.