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Urn by Frank Lloyd Wright fetches $772K at auction

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By ABC7
Thursday, October 6, 2011
October 6, 2011 (CHICAGO)

The winning bidder paid $772,000 for the urn. That's $200,000 more than its estimated value.

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers says the urn was from the collection of Ralph Esmerian, the former owner of Fred Leighton Jewelers. He was sentenced to six years in prison for fraud this summer.

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