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Vietnam’s Mona Lisa selling for millions no big deal
By Hieu Nhan April 23, 2021 | 09:28 am GMT+7
Experts are not surprised that a bidder recently paid $3.1 million for the Portrait of Mademoiselle Phuong by Mai Trung Thu.
The masterpiece set the highest bidding record for a Vietnamese painting after it was bought by an unknown buyer at the Sotheby s Auction House in Hong Kong last Sunday.
Vu Tuan Anh, general director of the Chon Auction House in Hanoi, said the $3.1 million price tag was appropriate, since the painting is rich in historical value and done by one of Vietnam s most prominent modern art painters.