A €700,000 Rodin sculpture has been discovered in a furniture storage unit in Biarritz. The piece, a preparatory work for the artist’s work I am beautiful has caught local auction houses and dealers by surprise. “This is a moment that will remain engraved in my memory and career,” says Patrice Carrère, the auctioneer and head of the Gestas & Carrère auction house, who make the discovery. “My first thought was: ‘No it is not true, it is not possible! The plaster has traces of the master’s fingerprints and nails.”
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