Talk:Three Studies of Lucian Freud

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The Vogel NY Times article appears to have been completely rewritten whilst I was editing. Some of the information is only sourced to the original version -- can anyone more familiar with the way the online NYT archive works figure out how to reference the earlier version? Espresso Addict (talk) 04:16, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, (as I understand it) if the Times does not assign a new URL, the old revision is lost. The Times's

^{(Je vous invite à me parler)} 06:55, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply

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It was a bit over-optimistic! The story of the collector from Rome was quite interesting, if a new source could be found for it, but Google wasn't giving me anything earlier. I suspect the reason the article was changed in this case was probably to fit in all the material about the other sales at the auction, but it's possible that inaccurate material got pruned at the same time. I think that was the only information I removed. And excellent getting an image -- always helpful. Espresso Addict (talk) 08:13, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]