Wynn drills Picasso : "Thank goodness it was me."

[Mickey Brausch]

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Steve Wynn was showing Picasso's painting Le Reve (The Dream) to guests at his office in Las Vegas last month. Mr Wynn, who has retinitis pigmentosa, an eye disease affecting peripheral vision, tore a coin-sized hole into the painting.
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He will now keep the painting, which he bought in 1997 for $48.4m, and repair it, his spokeswoman said.
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Mr Wynn had finalised the sale of the 1932 painting to art collector Steven Cohen. The $139m price tag would have been $4m higher than the previous private-sale record. link

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Ouch.