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Where in the World is Salvator Mundi?

In November 2017, Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi became the most expensive work ever sold at auction, fetching over $450 million. However, now there’s no sign of it.

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The Madonna and Child, Follower of da Vinci

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Leonardo, the Lion and the Dragon, Giancarlo Prandelli

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The Battle of Anghiari, Follower of da Vinci

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Viva Las Vegas!

Morphy Auction's upcoming Las Vegas auctions on April 13th and 14th feature vintage slot machines, arcade games, rare posters, soda fountains, jukeboxes and more.

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Mills Novelty Co. Upright Slot Machine

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Rare '57 Chevy Sofa Jukebox

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Electric Hockey Pinball Machine

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A Rubens Drawing Is Discovered In An Attic

Presumed lost for centuries, an oil sketch by the Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was found in an attic in Lille, France and recently sold for almost $1.5 million at auction.

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Two studies of the head of a young man, studio of Rubens

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The Supper at Emmaus, circle of Rubens

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Birth of Venus, follower of Rubens

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The Benefit Shop Foundation's upcoming Red Carpet sale on Wednesday, April 10th features over 700 lots of décor, art, furniture and more, including a print of this iconic Henri Toulouse-Lautrec poster artwork that depicts French cabaret star Aristide Bruant.

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Jean-Michel Basquiat lived and worked out of Larry Gagosian’s California home for a year in 1983. His paintings were exhibited in the West Hollywood Gagosian gallery. During this time, Basquiat was dating Madonna, who came to live with them as well.

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This 2005 painting by KAWS just broke a record for the Brooklyn-based artist, achieving $14.7 million at Sotheby's Hong Kong. The spike in popularity for KAWS' work is perhaps prompted by the very public appearance of 'Companion' (right).

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KAWS has been making headlines for a setting a new personal auction record (left) and also for his 121-foot long inflatable structure 'Companion' which was floating in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour throughout Art Basel Hong Kong last week.

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