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Artwork Nets Nickels Galore: There is an art lover out there who thinks more of a watercolor by Katharine Hepburn than the actress does herself. Hepburn painted a scene of the Pacific Ocean in the 1960s while staying at John Barrymore’s house and donated it to the North American Wildlife Assn. for its benefit auction Saturday night. When she gave the association the painting, she said, “I do hope it will bring a price, although I wouldn’t give you a nickel for it.†It brought a little more than that--$5,000.

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