The $23 million foot: Lost Michelangelo sketch sets auction record
A previously unknown foot sketch by Michelangelo has sold for $23 million (£16.9 million) at Christie’s, more than ten times its original estimate, with experts identifying it as a study of the Libyan Sibyl later painted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. According to the auction house, the work surfaced after an unsuspecting owner submitted a…