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| For those who can't quite afford a genuine Picasso from his cubist period, worth an estimated $1m (£670,000), comes a rare opportunity to win one in a raffle. | For those who can't quite afford a genuine Picasso from his cubist period, worth an estimated $1m (£670,000), comes a rare opportunity to win one in a raffle. |
| The International Association to Save Tyre charity will next month bring Picasso's L'Homme au Gibus, or Man with Opera Hat, to the UK, and raffle it to raise money to finance research and preservation projects in a Unesco world heritage site on the southern coast of Lebanon. | The International Association to Save Tyre charity will next month bring Picasso's L'Homme au Gibus, or Man with Opera Hat, to the UK, and raffle it to raise money to finance research and preservation projects in a Unesco world heritage site on the southern coast of Lebanon. |
| The lottery is the first of its kind. Péri Cochin, a French journalist whose mother set up the charity 30 years ago, said organisers had been looking for a fundraising project that was different to the usual gala dinners. She said: "You go to those dinners and you are bored, and you don't know what to say to your neighbour, and you are in a hurry to go home before eleven." | The lottery is the first of its kind. Péri Cochin, a French journalist whose mother set up the charity 30 years ago, said organisers had been looking for a fundraising project that was different to the usual gala dinners. She said: "You go to those dinners and you are bored, and you don't know what to say to your neighbour, and you are in a hurry to go home before eleven." |
| They wanted a new idea to capture imaginations and reach people internationally: hence the Picasso lottery, which has been two years in getting all the many necessary approvals from the French authorities. | They wanted a new idea to capture imaginations and reach people internationally: hence the Picasso lottery, which has been two years in getting all the many necessary approvals from the French authorities. |
| The Picasso was bought by the charity, and has been authenticated by the artist's children. Tickets cost €100, and there is a cap of 50,000 tickets. So if all the tickets are sold by the time of the draw, on 18 December, the charity will raise €5m. | The Picasso was bought by the charity, and has been authenticated by the artist's children. Tickets cost €100, and there is a cap of 50,000 tickets. So if all the tickets are sold by the time of the draw, on 18 December, the charity will raise €5m. |
| Tickets for the lottery, which was launched in Paris, have been sold in the US and the Middle East; it now heads to the UK, with the drawing going on display at the PAD London art fair, from 16 to 20 October. | |
| Cochin hoped the project would appeal to art lovers and people who care about the plight of the ancient Phoenician city of Tyre, where many ancient structures were badly damaged during the Lebanese civil war. | Cochin hoped the project would appeal to art lovers and people who care about the plight of the ancient Phoenician city of Tyre, where many ancient structures were badly damaged during the Lebanese civil war. |
| Someone has to win the Picasso, so the lottery will also appeal to gamblers. "I know you like gambling in Great Britain," said Cochin. "You have this reputation: you like gambling much more than French people. So we are very much counting on you." | Someone has to win the Picasso, so the lottery will also appeal to gamblers. "I know you like gambling in Great Britain," said Cochin. "You have this reputation: you like gambling much more than French people. So we are very much counting on you." |
| • This article was amended on 12 September 2013. The earlier version said the PAD London art fair ran from 16 to 30 October. |