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1503 drawing bought for $30 at a house clearance could sell for $50m (www.theartnewspaper.com)

by What a Find November 25, 2021, 4:11 pm

A totally unknown drawing by Albrecht Dürer was bought five years ago for just $30 in a house-clearance sale in the US from a family who believed it was a 20th-century reproduction.

16th century Albrecht Dürer drawings

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1503 drawing bought for $30 at a house clearance could sell for $50m (www.theartnewspaper.com)

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