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6．The cheapest opening bid for Picasso's painting: 1 yuan

"Visage" by Pablo Picasso [Photo/taobao.com]

China's Taobao, a big online retailer, was selling works from the great master Picasso for the first time during its Taobao Spring Auction in May this year.

The bidding for the Picasso print "Visage" auctioned started at 1 yuan (16 cents). The painting "Visage" was created by Picasso in his later years in 1963, and the auctioned print bears the painter's signature.

The online auction also included the Spanish artist Salvador Dali's signed and limited edition sculpture, "Profile of Time". Bidding for the Dali piece also started at 1 yuan.

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