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She was very fond of it. In 1956, while recuperating from back surgery at New York Presbyterian Medical Center, she had her hospital room decorated with "Portrait of a Man" and several other paintings, including a Renoir and Monet. "She really digs the Frans Hals," her husband, Mike Todd, told reporters at the time. The auction record for Hals is $13.9 million for his "Portrait of Willem van Heythuysen, seated on a chair and holding a hunting crop." It sold at Sotheby's in 2008. Screen and stage icon Taylor died in March at age 79. Other paintings from her collection will be sold by Christie's in London on Feb. 7-8. In December, the auction house sold her collection of jewelry, fashion and memorabilia. Among the highlights was a pearl necklace that sold for $11.8 million. ___ Online: Christie's: http://www.christies.com/
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