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While searching for her lost sister, art historian Wren Summers takes on the glittering world of New York's auction houses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA missing girl, a hidden masterpiece, and the search for the truth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1965: After escaping from anti-war turmoil and the suffocating weight of family expectations, a beautiful young couple embrace a life free of materialism and tradition by a sapphire lake in Italy. 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