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Missing Tom Thomson painting at centre of $8m lawsuit returned to owner

The Art Newspaper

In 2013 it was sent to the Canadian Conservation Institute at the National Gallery of Canada for analysis and authentication, where it was attributed to Thomson. Its authenticity, Murray tells The Art Newspaper from his home on Kauai, was also confirmed by the late Thomson expert, art scholar and curator Dennis Reid. Larry Humber

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Rare Stradivarius Violin Sells for Over $11 Million

WorthPoint

Image source: Angela Weiss/ AFP via Getty Images / OPB On February 7, 2025, Sothebys in New York auctioned a 1714 Stradivarius violin, known as the Joachim-Ma. million in 2010 , the highest auction price for any instrument at that time. The auction record set by Molitor was soon surpassed, howeverthe Lady Blunt sold for $15.9

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