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Raphael’s Apostle to Top $41 Million Sale by Duke at Sotheby’s
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A Raphael drawing and medieval manuscripts may set records in a Sotheby’s auction estimated to make more than $41 million for an English aristocrat.
Peregrine Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire, is raising money to preserve his home and is selling the Raphael with a price forecast of 10 million pounds ($15.9 million) to 15 million pounds. The sketch is included in a Dec. 5 London auction of Old Master paintings and drawings, Sotheby’s said today in an e-mailed release.