Collecting
Trump Painting May Fetch $750,000 at Auction Before Election
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Before he became U.S. President, Donald Trump used $10,000 from his foundation to buy a six-foot-tall oil portrait of himself at auction.
Next week, he’ll have a chance to bid on a bigger, albeit less flattering image: “Trump Descending an Escalator.”