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Lawyer unknowingly buys stolen Winston Churchill portrait worth millions: ‘Like having a Mona Lisa’
A lawyer and passionate art collector thought he had bought a signed copy of an iconic 1941 photograph of Winston Churchill but ended up possessing the stolen original copy. Nicola Cassinelli ...
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Sir Winston Churchill's paintings to go on display at Blenheim Palace
Original paintings by Sir Winston Churchill are to go on display at his place of birth. The temporary exhibition at Blenheim Palace will feature a collection of Churchill's oil on canvas ...
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I thought it was a cheap copy – but I had bought the stolen Churchill portrait ‘worth millions’
The famed black-and-white 1941 photograph of a glowering Sir Winston Churchill was the perfect finishing ... A prominent lawyer and passionate small-scale art collector who had just bought an ...
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Angelina Jolie sells Winston Churchill painting for record £7m
A painting by former British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, which was owned by Angelina Jolie, has sold for £7m at auction in London. The sale price was almost four times the top pre-sale ...
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The Crown: What really happened to Graham Sutherland's controversial portrait of Winston Churchill?
Graham Sutherland's portrait of Winston Churchill is probably one of the most famous 'lost' works of art in British history, so it's little wonder it made an appearance in Netflix royal drama The ...
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Churchill painting of his favorite brand of whisky fetches £1 million at auction
A rare painting by Winston Churchill featuring the famously bibulous British World War II leader's favourite brand of whisky fetched nearly £1 million at auction in London on Tuesday. The 1930s ...