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RENEE MONTAGNE
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04-19-2007
Mysterious Portrait of Jane Austen Up for Sale

Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
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Christie's auction house today will put what is believed to be the only oil painting of Jane Austen up for sale. It's being sold by one of the writer's descendants, Henry Rice. And, as it is known, the Rice portrait of Jane Austen could sell for as much as $800,000 - that is, if bidders believe that the girl in the painting really is a teenage Jane Austen.

Some skeptics have argued that the short-haired, empire-waist ...

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