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Eccentric Artist Louis Wain was The Cat's Meow

Eccentric Artist Louis Wain was The Cat's Meow

One of a set of 10 Bentley photomicrographs of snowflakes, circa late 1890s-1920s, that sold as a set at Sotheby’s for $10,000.
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