How an oddly attributed $19,000 picture proved to be a $100 million work by Leonardo da Vinciβa true art-world detective storyIn late 2010, art collector Peter Silverman revealed that a "German, early 19th century" portrait he had bought for $19,000 was, in fact, a previously unknown drawing by Leon
Leonardo's Lost Princess- One Man's Quest to Authenticate an Unknown Portrait
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