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"Kansas City Reach Around" now costs $132,000!

During a wedding reception, a five-year-old boy wrapped his arms around Bill Lyons' six-foot glass sculpture 'Aphrodite di Kansas City'. Seconds later it tipped forward and shattered beyond repair.

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The Warhol Mistaken for Rubbish

A rare Andy Warhol silkscreen of Queen Beatrix, part of the 'Reigning Queens' series, was most likely thrown out with construction debris during town-hall renovations and destroyed at a waste facility.

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