Successful bidder for unknown van Gogh work satisfied

Successful bidder for unknown van Gogh work satisfied

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Toshio Nakamoto, who purchased an unknown early oil painting by Vincent van Gogh for 66 million yen at an auction in Tokyo on Feb. 8, speaks to reporters at the Wood One Museum of Art in the village of Yoshiwa in Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 9. Nakamoto heads the museum and is chairman of house building materials maker Wood One Co.

Kishida's Reiko portrait auctioned for record 360 mil. yen

Kishida's Reiko portrait auctioned for record 360 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Two men hold the late Japanese painter Ryusei Kishida's famed portrait of his 6-year-old daughter Reiko wearing a wool shawl, auctioned Dec. 2 for 360 million yen, the highest successful bid in any auction in Japan. Toshio Nakamoto, a 71-year-old president of a major plywood manufacturer, bought the portrait at a Tokyo hotel.

Successful bidder for unknown van Gogh work satisfied

Successful bidder for unknown van Gogh work satisfied

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Toshio Nakamoto, who purchased an unknown early oil painting by Vincent van Gogh for 66 million yen at an auction in Tokyo on Feb. 8, speaks to reporters at the Wood One Museum of Art in the village of Yoshiwa in Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 9. Nakamoto heads the museum and is chairman of house building materials maker Wood One Co. (Kyodo)

Kishida's Reiko portrait auctioned for record 360 mil. yen

Kishida's Reiko portrait auctioned for record 360 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Two men hold the late Japanese painter Ryusei Kishida's famed portrait of his 6-year-old daughter Reiko wearing a wool shawl, auctioned Dec. 2 for 360 million yen, the highest successful bid in any auction in Japan. Toshio Nakamoto, a 71-year-old president of a major plywood manufacturer, bought the portrait at a Tokyo hotel.