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Lost Cimabue Masterpiece Resurfaces
« on: September 26, 2019, 06:08:09 am »
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Re: Lost Cimabue Masterpiece Resurfaces
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2019, 08:46:38 am »
Utterly fantastic! What a find.

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Re: Lost Cimabue Masterpiece Resurfaces
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2019, 02:20:33 pm »
Yeah, i read about that in the news, rare find, no doubt! Guesses the elderly French lady is one happy camper.
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Re: Lost Cimabue Masterpiece Resurfaces
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2019, 06:31:23 pm »
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Yeah, i read about that in the news, rare find, no doubt! Guesses the elderly French lady is one happy camper.
Depending....I know a lot of elderly do not like change and at some point money doesn't hold a lot of significance.  She might miss it in it's place in her kitchen more than the money.
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Re: Lost Cimabue Masterpiece Resurfaces
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2019, 04:33:35 am »
The work, a masterpiece titled "Christ Mocked" and attributed to the Italian painter Cimabue, sold for $26.6 million

Read more @  https://www.foxnews.com/world/long-lost-painting-french-kitchen-sells-auction
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Re: Lost Cimabue Masterpiece Resurfaces
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2019, 06:05:54 pm »
I would sure be a happy camper after that sale !!
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