Portrait by Renaissance master expected to soar past $80M
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Sandro Botticelli's 15th-century painting called "Young Man Holding a Roundel" is displayed at Sotheby's on Sept. 23, 2020, in New York. The painting will go on auction next year and art watchers will be seeing if it fetches more than its eye-watering $80 million estimate, despite the pandemic. Botticellis 15th-century portrait of a nobleman in Young Man Holding a Roundel is the highlight of Sothebys Masters Week sale series in New York in January. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)Sandro Botticelli's 15th-century painting called "Young Man Holding a Roundel" is displayed at Sotheby's on Sept. 23, 2020, in New York. The painting will go on auction next year and art watchers will be seeing if it fetches more than its eye-watering $80 million estimate, despite the pandemic. Botticellis 15th-century portrait of a nobleman in Young Man Holding a Roundel is the highlight of Sothebys Masters Week sale series in New York in January. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)Sandro Botticelli's 15th-century painting called "Young Man Holding a Roundel" is displayed at Sotheby's on Sept. 23, 2020, in New York. The painting will go on auction next year and art watchers will be seeing if it fetches more than its eye-watering $80 million estimate, despite the pandemic. Botticellis 15th-century portrait of a nobleman in Young Man Holding a Roundel is the highlight of Sothebys Masters Week sale series in New York in January. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Sandro Botticelli's 15th-century painting called "Young Man Holding a Roundel" is displayed at Sotheby's on Sept. 23, 2020, in New York. The painting will go on auction next year and art watchers will be seeing if it fetches more than its eye-watering $80 million estimate, despite the pandemic. Botticellis 15th-century portrait of a nobleman in Young Man Holding a Roundel is the highlight of Sothebys Masters Week sale series in New York in January. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)