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☆ Marble bust bought for $6 and used as doorstop could sell for more than $3 million
  + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —A sculpture bought for just £5 ($6) and used as a doorstop could sell for more than £2.5 million ($3.2 million) after a Scottish court gave the green light for its sale. In 1998, the bust was found being used to keep open a shed door on an industrial park, according to the Highland Council. In a May report on the proposed sale, the Highland Council said a private overseas buyer had contacted auction house Sotheby’s and put forward an offer of more than £2.5 million. Following a public consultation earlier this year, members of a council committee recommended that the bust should be sold. By June, the wider council had agreed to the proposal, the spokeswoman told CNN.
Persons: Edmé Bouchardon, John Gordon, Gordon, “, Invergordon, ” Organizations: CNN, Scottish Highlands, region’s Highland Council, Highland Council, Getty Museum, ” CNN, Central Michigan University Locations: Tain, Invergordon, Paris, Los Angeles
☆ Scottish council buys 18th century bust for $6. Now it could sell for $3 million
  + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —An 18th century bust bought for £5 ($6) nearly 100 years ago by a Scottish town council could sell for more than £2.5 million ($3 million). The bust of landowner and lawmaker John Gordon was sculpted by noted French artist Edmé Bouchardon. Now, local politicians on Invergordon Town Council are weighing up whether to sell the item, described by Sotheby’s as “brilliant in execution,” according to a council report. Despite its illustrious creator, there are few details publicly available about where the bust has been since it was purchased by the council. I found the robes and there was this bust just propping the door open,” she said.
Persons: John Gordon, Edmé Bouchardon, Sotheby’s, Gordon, Invergordon, Bouchardon, Louis XV, Maxine Smith, “, ” Organizations: CNN, Invergordon, Concorde, Louvre Museum, Getty Center, Inverness Museum, Art Locations: Scottish, Edinburgh, Rome, Paris, Los Angeles, Scotland
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