Man wins €1m Picasso painting in €100 charity raffle
"How do I know this isn't a prank?" the winner asked when he answered a video call from Christie's auction house in Paris.
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Notable Quotes
"When you bet on this, you don't expect to win... But I'm very happy because I'm very interested in painting, and it's great news for me."
— Ari Hodara , Other
"It's going to be very easy for us to deliver the painting, so we're happy."
— Peri Cochin , Activist
"This Picasso initiative is one more building block so that one day Alzheimer's will be nothing more than a bad memory."
— Olivier de Ladoucette , Other
Key People
An engineer and art enthusiast who won a Pablo Picasso painting in a charity raffle.
The head of France's Alzheimer's Research Foundation.
A French journalist who organized the charity raffle with backing from Picasso's family and foundation.
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"How do I know this isn't a prank?" the winner asked when he answered a video call from Christie's auction house in Paris.
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