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Picasso Painting Bags $51.2 Million at Auction

Pablo Picasso’s “Portrait d’Angel Fernandez de Soto” sold for a staggering 34.7 million pounds—that’s $51.2 million for those of us in the dollar zone—at a Christie’s auction in London on Wednesday ... (continued)

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Five Famous Paintings Swiped in Paris Museum Heist

Somehow, a lone art bandit—or a band of bandits—managed to pull off an impressive five-finger-discount maneuver at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris on Wednesday night, making off with five masterpieces worth a grand total of close to 100 million euros. Sacré bleu!