Word: parbleu
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...glory of the Salons for 37 years, and won him a court paintership under Louis XV. Up and down went the bids, three-quarters of a million, eight-tenths, nine-tenths, the whole of a million francs (approximately $123,123). There the bidding paused, hesitated; the hammer fell. "Parbleu!" cried French dealers. "But what a bargain!" Before the War a similar De Latour brought thrice the price...
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