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‘The Scream’ buyer remains elusive

By Virginia Bohlin

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  May 13, 2012

The word was heard round the world that Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” sold at Sotheby’s this month for $119.9 million, the highest price ever paid for a work of art at auction, but word of who purchased the world’s most recognized painting is yet to be heard.

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