Bid takers receive bids over the phone under the painting, Jeune home roux assis, by Amedeo Modigliani during an impressionist and modern art auction at Christie's, Tuesday, May 6, 2014, in New York. The auction house says it expects to raise over $245 million from the sale of works including those by Monet, Renoir, Picasso, Degas, Matisse and Kandinsky. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)