How does a tiny scrap of paper with a simple shape scribbled on it sell for over $200,000?

When it belongs to the Italian Renaissance Master, Michelangelo, the sky is the limit. Michelangelo’s sketch of a marble block reads “simile.” Photos courtesy of Christie’s. A sketch by Michelangelo, one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance, perhaps of all time, recently sold for $201,600. It was offered by Christie’s New York in its […]