Old sketch is da Vinci worth $16M, retired doctor is told

Dec 15, 2016 395

A drawing believed to be by Italian master Leonardo da Vinci was discovered in Paris when a retired doctor brought a portfolio of works to Tajan auction house for a valuation. What's more, the auction house estimates "The Martyred Saint Sebastian" could be worth as much as 15 million euros ($16 million).

"The doctor couldn't have imagined there could have been something so important in his portfolio," says ThaddĂ©e Prate, director of Old Masters paintings at the French boutique auction house. "Discoveries happen, yes, but with lower importance, of course. Leonardo, I think this will be only once in a lifetime."

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