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8 February 2012 Last updated at 12:25 ET

Taylor art auction fetches £14mVan Gogh's Vue de l'asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Remy (left), self-portrait by Edgar Degas (1834-1917) and Pommiers a Eragny (1830-1903) by Claude Pissarro  (right)

Three paintings from Elizabeth Taylor's personal art collection are sold for almost £14 million at an auction in London.


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