Rubik’s Cube ‘Dalai Lama’ fetches $550,000 at auction
By Reuters
10 July 2021 |
2:23 pm
French street artist Invader's portrait of the Dalai Lama, made up of a mosaic of Rubik's Cubes, sold for $555,667 at a Paris auction.
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