Hacker News with Generative AI: Auction

Turing treasure trove rescued from attic goes under the hammer (theregister.com)
Precious scientific papers once belonging to wartime codebreaking genius Alan Turing – rescued from an attic clear-out where they faced destruction – are set to fetch a fortune at auction next month.
Vilhelm Hammershøi: the eminence in greys (richardmorris.org)
Thirty years ago, it wasn’t easy tracking down Vilhelm Hammershøi. Many of his paintings remained in private hands and unless you went to Copenhagen, you were unlikely to come across more than a couple hanging together. Now, a painter who was bypassed and undervalued for several decades is everywhere and value of his work has sky-rocketed. Over the last six years, auction prices for his paintings have exceeded £4 million ($5 million) on multiple occasions.