Word: benguiat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...throne his, Dr. Di Ghilini set out to prove what he had suspected from Latin and Spanish inscriptions on it: that it had belonged to Spain's great Queen Isabella. For years an international art dealer, Benjamin Benguiat, had owned the throne, refused to sell it even for $25,000. But when Benguiat went bankrupt, Dealer Dan Feldman purchased the throne in a lot, priced it at $3,000. Eventually believing it was a jinx, he sold it to Dealer Osiel in another...
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