By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An enigmatic painting from Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli will go on auction next year and art watchers will be seeing if it fetches more than its eye-watering $80 million estimate, despite the pandemic. Botticelli's 15th-century portrait of a nobleman in 'Young Man Holding a Roundel' is the highlight of Sotheby's Masters Week sale series in New York in January. 'Just the sheer beauty of this has been a joy,' said Christopher Apostle, who has for more than three decades handled Old Masters and is now head of the division. 'I […]

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