Winston Churchill painting owned by Angelina Jolie sells for $14.7 million – 9TheFIX

A Moroccan landscape painted by Winston Churchill and owned by Angelina Jolie sold at auction on Monday for more than US$11.5 million (approx. $14.7 million), smashing the previous record for a work by Britain’s World War II leader.
“Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque” sold at Christie’s in London for £8,285,000 (approx. $14,859). The pre-sale estimate was £1.5 million (approx. $2.6 million) to £2.5 million (approx. $4.4 million), and the previous record price for a Churchill painting was just under…

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