Unknown van Gogh painting fetches 66 million yen

Unknown van Gogh painting fetches 66 million yen

TOKYO, Japan - An auction house employee holds up an early painting by Vincent van Gogh at a Tokyo auction Feb. 8, where it sold for 66 million yen. The portrait of a peasant woman had been believed to be an anonymous oil and valued at only 10,000 yen, but a Dutch museum confirmed it was by the post-impressionist master.

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