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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