Rare Art: da Vinci's Salvator Mundi on Auction

Seeing the Mona Lisa  at the Louvre, Paris was a dream-come-true for me and hubby. She was happily checked-off from our bucket list. Mona, aka La Joconde, is currently valued at $800,000,000. 

How much will Salvator Mundi, recently attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, and supposedly a contemporary of Mona Lisa's, sell at auction this November 15th? Christie's Auction House, NY is hoping for at least $100 million.  Ideally, I want the Louvre Museum to obtain this rare painting and display it side-by-side with Mona Lisa. Like family.

I like the painting below of a hilly village scene. Simple. Vibrant.  Affordable (yet at this season of life, still too expensive for me). Reminds me of another item on my bucket list (Italy).  No doubts nor questions on the Artist (it's Agnes R, of course!). Owned by my Sis & her hubby -- one of very many beauties they've acquired from Agnes over the years. They've turned me and many others into fans/clients.

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Incredibly RARE Painting by da Vinci

Salvator Mundi





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Personal observations on Michelangelo, da Vinci, Flowers & Chanel

Pictures paint a  1000 words + a few more from me :

Dad's coffin that he personally chose: Decorated with Michelangelo's Pieta on the corners; sides decorated with panels of the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci. Great choice, IMO.  My poor Mom on a wheelchair, transported by an ambulance crew plus a CNA & a Caregiver (4 adult people in total), for a private opportunity to say goodbye to Dad at the church.  Thank God for those who coordinated this not-as-easy-as-it-looks event.  My last glimpse of the coffin at the cemetery, its top covered with flowers placed by family and friends plus the white gloves of the pallbearers. Why do I feel sorry for the flowers?! The weather was cold with snow flurries.  The 12 "FREE" folding chairs that no one sat on except for my Chanel bag.  Each of the front row chairs had a bottle of drinking water, a rose, and a pack of tissue.  So grateful to my friend in the purple coat who hooked her arm with mine. My DH had his arm around my waist. I think of it as God's love and support on either side of me.

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