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Vincent Van Gogh’s Street Scene in Montmartre sells twice at auction
A Vincent Van Gogh painting of a Paris street scene fetched 14 million euros ($21.7 million) at auction on Thursday, only to be put back under the hammer and sell for a lower amount.
Key points:
- Street scene in Montmartre is one of the few Van Gogh paintings that remains in private hands
- Van Gogh painted it in 1887 among a rare series he produced of scenes from the Montmartre area of Paris
- The identity of the buyer of the painting has not been revealed
Auction house Sotheby’s said there had been a glitch with its online bidding system during the first sale of the painting, which had been held in a private collection for more than a century away from the public eye.
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