NEWS FROM NORWAY In February, Petter Olsen announced that he is selling his copy of Edvard Munch’s famous painting “Scream”. It will be auctioned off at Sotheby’s in New York in May. The price is expected to be at least NOK 450 million ($80 million)! The painting is the only piece in the “Scream” collection [...]

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