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Gates pays a record $36 million for a Winslow Homer painting
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In 1998 Bill Gates paid about $36 million for Winslow Homer's 1885 seascape 'Lost on the Grand Banks,' then a record price for an American painting. The purchase — the last major Homer seascape in private hands — joined an art collection that also included Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester, reflecting Gates's taste for historically significant works.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_on_the_Grand_Banks
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