Word: weitzner
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Dates: during 1959-1959
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...Richest Man J. Paul Getty, London Dealer Geoffrey Agnew, Manhattan Dealer Julius Weitzner, and Leonard Koetser, a calm London dealer who had not even put in a bid until the price reached ?160,000. At the ?250,000 mark, only Agnew and Koetser were still slugging. Then, with Koet-ser's 15th and final nod, two minutes after the opening bid. Auctioneer Wilson knocked down the painting for ?275,000 ($770,000)-highest price ever recorded for a single painting at public auction...