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Botticelli’s 'The Man of Sorrows' expected to fetch $40M at auction

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Hong Kong, Oct 7 (EFE/EPA).- A rare painting by Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli will go under the hammer at Sotheby's.The paintings is expected to fetch upwards of $40 million in the January auction in Sotheby's annual Masters Week in New York. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE). SHOT LIST: SANDRO BOTTICELLI’S 'THE MAN OF SORROWS' IS DISPLAYED DURING SOTHEBY’S AUTUMN SALES PREVIER, IN HONG KONG.

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