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August 7th, 2012

Having spent the last 60 years hanging in a Scottish farmhouse, a possible work of Leonardo da Vinci has been discovered. Facing financial difficulties, Fiona McLaren unknowingly brought her painting to Sotheby’s Scotland for appraisal, where it was discovered to be possibly worth over £100 million (about $156 million). The painting will be sent to London next year to be inspected by experts at the Hamilton Kerr Institute at the University of Cambridge and dated conclusively.

Read the article via Daily Mail