US socialite selling country estate
By ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON | China Daily | Updated: 2010-06-07 07:59
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A Qing Dynasty table clock on display in the Albemarle House, valued at between $600,000 and $1 million, will be part of the Sotheby's auction this week. Steve Helber / Associated Press |
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia - Socialite and vintner Patricia Kluge says she no longer needs her inscribed Picasso platter, centuries-old Qing Dynasty clock, 19th-century Grecian harp and nearly all the other treasures in her English-style country mansion.
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