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It sold for under $10,000 in 2005

The tail end of NY Times story:

The artwork has been the subject of legal disputes and amassed a price history that ranges from less than $10,000 in 2005, when it was spotted at an estate auction, to $200 million when it was first offered for sale by a consortium in 2012. But no institution besides the Dallas Museum of Art, which in 2012 made an undisclosed offer on the painting, showed public interest in buying the painting. Finally, in 2013, Sotheby’s sold it privately for $80 million to Yves Bouvier, a Swiss art dealer and businessman. That same year, he sold it for $127.5 million, to the family trust of the Russian billionaire collector Dmitry E. Rybolovlev. Mr. Rybolovlev was the seller on Wednesday night.

“There is is too much money in the world,” said the New York art dealer Lawrence Luhring. “It’s crazy. I’m stunned.

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Messages In This Thread

NCR:recent find,?auth deVinci painting sells $450M
It sold for under $10,000 in 2005
They Say It’s by Leonardo. I Have Doubts. Big Do
Re: They Say It’s by Leonardo. I Have Doubts. Bi
Sold, $400 million, send UPS
Buyer revealed: Saudi Prince
could also be a straw man
Maybe the Tin man or Cowardly Lion ?? 😀

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