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ASTI, ITALY.- At nearly 65 inches long, this "lost-wax" bronze casting by Gaetano Pesce (Italian, b. 1939) will leave a big footprint on the Nova Ars' Jan. 5 auction of contemporary art and design. One of a Superego edition of only five produced by the renowned architect and designer, the bronze carries a pre-auction estimate of 100,000-110,000 euros ($121,500-$133,700). LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live-bidding services for the sale. LIVEAUCTIONEERS/NOVA ARS PHOTO

TOKYO.- Pedestrians look at next year's "Year of the Sheep", part of a display window at a department store, in the Ginza shopping district of central Tokyo on December 26, 2014. Japan's factory output and inflation rate slowed in November, official data showed on December 26, dealing a fresh challenge for Tokyo's bid re-boot the economy, just days after pro-business Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was re-elected following a snap election. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA.

PARIS.- A picture taken on December 25, 2014 shows tourists taking a selfie in the Tuilerie Garden in Paris with a ferris wheel in the backround. AFP PHOTO / LIONEL BONAVENTURE.

SHANGHAI.- This picture taken on December 24, 2014 shows Xu Zhiyun posing with a mini car he assembled in his community in Shanghai. 60-year-old Xu Zhiyun spent two years making the car which measures only 60cm long, 35cm wide. 40cm high, travels at 20 km per hour and cost 1500 yuan, local media reported. AFP PHOTO

ALEXANDRIA.- Fog is seen over the Potomac River at the Wilson Bridge December 24, 2014 off Old Town Alexandria, Virginia near the US capital. AFP PHOTO/PAUL J. RICHARDS

PARIS.- People skate on the skating rink set up under the glass-roofed central hall of the Grand Palais in Paris on December 23, 2014. AFP PHOTO / KENZO TRIBOUILLARD

PHANG-NGA.- A foreign tourist visits the Ban Nam Khem tsunami memorial park wall on the tenth anniversary of the 2004 tsunami in Phang-nga province on December 26, 2014. Prayer recitals and solemn visits to mass graves marked the start of mourning on December 26 across tsunami-hit nations for the 220,000 people who perished when giant waves decimated coastal areas of the Indian Ocean a decade ago. AFP PHOTO / Pornchai KITTIWONGSAKUL

HONG KONG.- Protesters carry a long yellow banner during a march with an umbrella -- a recent symbol of Hong Kong's democracy movement -- painted on it during a march to mark Christmas Eve on December 24, 2014. The city's democracy campaigners took to the streets in the first large rally after pro-democracy protest camps, which occupied major streets for over two months, were swept away. AFP PHOTO / AARON TAM

MOSCOW.- A man walks close to a snow heap after major snowfall on the Red Square in central Moscow on December 23, 2014. The temperatures in Moscow reached today 1 C (34 F). AFP PHOTO/KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV

BETHLEHEM.- A Christian worshiper looks inside the Grotto at the Church of the Nativity, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank biblical town of Bethlehem, on December 23, 2014. On December 24, pilgrims, tourists and clergy will celebrate Jesus' birth with a colorful procession from Manger Square into the church followed by the traditional Christmas eve midnight mass. AFP PHOTO / MUSA AL-SHAER