Previously Unseen Canaletto Sketch Heads to Auction, Could Fetch…

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOn October fifteenth, Smithsonian Magazine reported that a previously unseen sketch by the Venetian painter Canaletto is heading to auction this month.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorUnseen for centuries. Nobody knew it existed, which means it could have been lost forever, and I find that tremendously encouraging.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSmithsonian says Canaletto was a key practitioner of capriccio, a style that mixed scenes of everyday life with bold, out-of-place structures.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo he drew buildings where buildings shouldn't be. That's just a planning disaster with better lighting.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe estimate is up to eighty thousand dollars.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorEighty thousand for something that went missing. Check your attic, Hank. Everything up there is one damp winter from dust.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMy insurance agent says anything in my attic at this point is just part of the foundation.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorBeans and a nineteen ninety-eight Beanie Baby, if memory serves. Nobody has seen that either, and the dust is coming.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThen it's a lost masterpiece. I'd commission Canaletto to paint my insurance claim.