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Israel Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 11:56 am | כ ו אדר תשפ א YERUSHALAYIM - Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 11:56 am | כ ו אדר תשפ א Early ceramics are on display at the Museum for Islamic Art in Yerushalayim. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) Israel’s premier museum for Islamic art has scrapped the planned auction of scores of rare and precious items after public outcry over the attempted sale, which had been expected to fetch millions of dollars from wealthy private collectors. In a settlement struck Wednesday, the Sotheby’s auction house agreed to return 268 items from London back to the L.A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art in Yerushalayim. The agreement ends a saga that drew broad condemnation and threatened to gut one of Israel’s prized public art collections. Art experts criticized the attempted sale to private collectors, saying it had been hidden from the public and violated the museum’s founding mission to edify the Israeli public about the Isl

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