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French Sotheeby's contemporary expert Gregoire Billault (R) listens to the President of Sotheby's France Guillaume Cerruti in front of Francis Bacon's "Seated Woman" (Portrait of Muriel Belcher), 10 December 2007 at the Charpentier Galery in Paris. The painting estimated to be worth between 7.5 and 10 million euros (10.2 to 14.6 million US dollars), goes under the hammer this month at the biggest contemporary art sale organized by Sotheby's in Paris since 2001. The work, owned by a US art collector, could set a 2007 Paris auction record at the December 12 and 13 sale. AFP PHOTO PIERRE VERDY (Photo by PIERRE VERDY / AFP) (Photo by PIERRE VERDY/AFP via Getty Images)