As one of the most popular Christmas card scenes of all time, it has graced mantelpieces by the million. But for the last 40 years, an elderly woman has contented herself with the knowledge that only she had the original painting of Beneath The Snow Encumbered Branches.
Going, going... the auctioneers' Elena Ratcheva with the original painting of Beneath The Snow Encumbered Branches
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