Romania: Buyers Snap Up Auctioned Ceaucescu Trophies

January 28, 2012

Buyers Snap Up Auctioned Ceaucescu Trophies
Jan 28, 2012

Buyers Snap Up Auctioned Ceaucescu Trophies.
A bronze yak presented by Chairman Mao was the surprise star of the sale of the late Romanian dictator's gifts, which took place on the anniversary of his birthday in Bucharest.
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