LifestyleReutersHundreds queue in Hong Kong to glimpse Van Gogh painting unseen in public for 60 years
A Van Gogh painting unseen in public for over 60 years is touring the world before a New York auction where it could fetch around $180 million.
Hundreds of people queued in Hong Kong on Tuesday to view a Vincent van Gogh painting never publicly exhibited in more than six decades, ahead of a Sotheby's auction in New York where it is expected to fetch about $180 million.
Hundreds of people queued in Hong Kong to see a Van Gogh painting that has not been publicly exhibited for more than six decades.
Painted in May 1890, just weeks before Van Gogh died aged 37, the work is expected to set a new auction record for the artist when it sells on November 18.
The painting will go under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York as part of a collection of 12 long-unseen works, including pieces by Cezanne and Monet.
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