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An auction for Budapest's bourgeoisie puts Lenin on the communist block

Lots of socialist kitsch aid a toxic cleanup as Hungary bids adieu to an 'extinct era'

Competition was fierce for lot No. 38, a fine ceramic sculpture of Vladimir Lenin.

The winning bidder was 22-year-old Timea Szabo, who offered nearly $1,000 for the small likeness of the communist hero. Szabo, too young to remember Hungary's socialist past, is firmly engaged with its capitalist present.

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