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But, in the way these things happen, it suddenly found its way into The Sun, the speculation being that it was probably sold to the tabloid by a police officer looking for some cash on the side.

It was probably sold privately by the Soviet government in the 1930's.

"It was probably sold during the French Revolution and reappeared in the sale of the collection of Lord Foley in England in 1919," said Thierry Millerand, a private adviser in the field of French furniture and decorative arts in Manhattan.

The legal justifications for the covert attack on Iran's nuclear centrifuges remains secret, but it is easy to imagine how both Presidents Bush and Obama approved the operation — it was probably sold as novel, exciting, non-lethal, covert, and effective in ways that nothing else could be.

"But it's probably sold elsewhere, too," he conceded.

In both cases, Enron was probably selling into a falling market.

When asked whether Leo collected his work, Close said, "He did, but he's probably sold it".

He's probably sold her a few paintings since then, too.

"If anybody tells you that they know, they're probably selling you something," he says.

Moreover, that full-length hardback novel is probably selling for a very reasonable amount, historically speaking.

A lot of people go out there and are probably selling over the odds price-wise.