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The same girl also adorns Banksy’s record-holding, $25.4 million “Love is in the Bin,” a work that was half-shredded when it first came to Sotheby’s in 2018 and was resold again three years later.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
It adorns an elaborate “Altar of Sin,” surrounded by classical statuary and shells.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
It was Brown, a Rhode Island blue blood whose name now adorns an Ivy League university, who in 1790 financed Slater’s stolen ideas for a state-of-the-art cotton mill.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
The love for McTimonay is such that his image adorns the walls of Naples next to the murals of the city's favourite son, Diego Maradona.
From BBC • May 23, 2025
His eyes land on a small, circular pin that adorns her dress.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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