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July 1, 2011 10:34 am PDT
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Leonardo's Salvator Mundi
Salvator Mundi, a long-lost painting by Leonardo, turned up in an estate sale, reports ARTnews. The work is owned by a consortium of dealers, including Robert Simon, a specialist in Old Masters in New York and Tuxedo Park, N.Y. It was reportedly bought at an estate sale in the United States about six or seven years ago. Simon declined to comment about the painting, the price, or the location of the auction. "I've been asked not to discuss it," he said.One scholar said that the consortium had turned down an offer of $100 million for the painting. "I was told they're asking $200 million for it," he told me....Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/hrTbeF80c9s/leonardos-salvator-m.html
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