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Princess Diana’s Family Paintings Fetch $21.5 Million
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Two paintings from the collection of the U.K.’s aristocratic Spencer family raised 14.2 million pounds ($21.5 million) at an Old Master auction last night as highly valued artworks attracted selective bidding.
Peter Paul Rubens’s 1612-1614 panel painting "A Commander Being Armed for Battle" sold at Christie’s International for 9 million pounds with fees, while Guercino’s 1651 canvas "King David" fetched 5.2 million pounds, a record for the artist.