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More Nazi-looted art at auction

A painting by Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele, missing for more than 60 years after it was stolen by the Nazis in 1938, has fetched £11.7m at auction. The painting surfaced last year when an anonymous collector asked Christie's for a valuation.
It was returned to the family of its original owner, who sold it on Tuesday.

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