Works collected by German eccentric Rau to be sold

LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - Ten works of art from one of the world's major private collections amassed by the late philanthropist Gustav Rau are to go on sale at Sotheby's in July, the auctioneer said on Friday.

The German industrialist, who sold the family auto parts business, trained as a doctor and spent 20 years working in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, was seen as a scruffy eccentric who wore hiking boots to London's auction rooms. ...

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