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  "textContent": "The result comfortably eclipses Varma’s prior record of $4.5 million, set in 2023, and overtakes the previous overall high for an Indian painting.",
  "title": "Raja Ravi Varma Painting Sells for $17.9 M., New Auction Record for Indian Art"
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