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  • Met Visitor's Picasso Stumble is $65 Million Oops: Expert (Woman trips & rips painting)

    01/26/2010 6:05:17 PM PST · by Libloather · 34 replies · 1,530+ views
    NBC New York ^ | 2/26/10 | CAITLIN MILLAT
    Met Visitor's Picasso Stumble is $65 Million Oops: ExpertBy CAITLIN MILLAT Updated 4:30 PM EST, Tue, Jan 26, 2010 This may be the most expensive stumble ever. A Metropolitan Museum of Art visitor who lost her balance and tore a hole in a Picasso work Monday slashed the painting's $130 million value in half, an expert told the New York Post. The 6-inch tear in Picasso's "The Actor" happened after a woman stumbled into the Met work, leaving it with a mark that could mean the painting could never be restored to its original condition, appraiser Gerard van Weyenbergh said....