I do not know where in runet has information on the " Norwegian Village" ?
On the auction site only says that the painting by Aivazovsky - from a private collection . And here ' lofts /closets /basements ? "
For the thousandth time you want to recall that in Sweden there is no war for the third consecutive century , and Norway , although it was under the Nazis, but little or no damage to the material did not suffer .
This is me to the fact that in the homes of inhabitants of Scandinavia from generation to generation, carefully transfer the legacy and keep the painting , porcelain, letters, photographs, books and other fragile values - sometimes quite unique .
So the explanation of " got from my grandmother inherited" there are quite true nature . Often, the heirs are not even aware of the true value of what hangs on the wall or lying in a desk drawer . A living example of that - which occurred several years ago for selling many millions of works by Rubens at Upssalskom shareholders . This picture hung on the wall under the stairs in the house of an elderly couple who did not know how to get rid of it and were willing to sell at least a thousand euros ...
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