Raffle winner surprised — even skeptical — upon landing $1M Picasso

CBC — Apr 15, 17:16 PM

A woman in a black blazer holds a phone -- showing a man in a blue top -- next to an abstract painting. https://i.cbc.ca/ais/5fcf55e8-b155-48ca-a887-8d9692db76e0,1776273353061/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C413%2C5386%2C3029%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29" title="Peri Cochin, right, founder of "1 Picasso for 100 euros," speaks on the phone with the winner, Ari Hodara of Paris, next to the painting 'Head of a Woman' by Pablo Picasso, painted in 1941, after the raffle draw at Christie's in Paris, Tuesday, April 14, 2026, in support of Alzheimer's research." width="620" />

A Parisian art enthusiast could not believe his luck when he found out Tuesday he'd won a Pablo Picasso painting worth more than $1 million in a raffle.

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