Villa Containing the Only Caravaggio Mural Flops at Auction

The Roman estate known as Villa Aurora, which contains the only Caravaggio mural ever painted, just flopped at auction. The $546m USD price tag failed to garner a single bid, despite being hailed by some as "the real estate deal of the century." The nine-foot mural depicts the gods Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto, and their animal associations, only, the faces are replaced by the artist's own. "It's an extraordinary work which was difficult to put a price on," said Alessandro Zuccari in an interview...