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Celso Fonseca Revisits Traditional Bossa Nova

NPR | By Banning Eyre

Published August 23, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

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The late Jim Irsay built one of the great collections of musical artifacts. His family is now auctioning it off, including instruments played by The Beatles, Nirvana, Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan. Nathalie Ferneau {NAT-ah-lee fer-NO} from Christie's previews the auction.