When Sir Francis Cook sold the painting in 1958, he thought he was selling a work by a student—albeit a student of Italian Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci.
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Man Sold Da Vinci Painting for $60—It Just Sold for $450 Million at Auction
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The painting "Salvator Mundi" by Leonardo da Vinci at Christie's auction house in central London on Oct. 22, 2017 ahead of its sale at Christie's New York on Nov. 15, 2017. Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images
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