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Ninety-seven-year-old Charlotte Bischoff van Heemskerck, right, and her daughter Rudolphine pose next to the painting "The Oyster Meal" by Jacob Ochtervelt (1634-1682), right, at Sotheby's in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. The Dutch Old Master painting, belonging to Charlotte's father, was looted by the Nazis in the dying days of World War II and is being put up for auction after it was discovered hanging in the official residence of the Lord Mayor of the City of London and returned late last year to its rightful owners. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Ninety-seven-year-old Charlotte Bischoff van Heemskerck, right, and her daughter Rudolphine pose next to the painting "The Oyster Meal" by Jacob Ochtervelt (1634-1682), right, at Sotheby's in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. The Dutch Old Master painting, belonging to Charlotte's father, was looted by the Nazis in the dying days of World War II and is being put up for auction after it was discovered hanging in the official residence of the Lord Mayor of the City of London and returned late last year to its rightful owners. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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