FILE- In this Feb. 25, 2021, file photo, Sotheby's personnel display Scene de rue Montmartre (Street scene in Montmartre), a painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh at Sotheby's auction house in Paris.
A rare painting by Vincent Van Gogh is being put up for auction by Sotheby's Paris on Thursday, and is expected to sell for many millions.
(AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)PARIS โ A rare painting by Vincent Van Gogh was sold at auction Thursday by Sothebyโs Paris for 13.1 million euros ($15.4 million).
The auction house had expected it to sell for between 5 million euros and 8 million euros.
It was painted in 1887, one year after Van Gogh moved to Paris and lived in Montmartre while he was lodging with his brother Theo.