People stand near the John Frederick Herring Snr painting entitled 'Shoeing Imaum', at premises of the Sotheby's auction house in London, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. The piece is expected to fetch 400,000 to 600,000 pounds ($653,220 to $979,830 / 443,251 to 664,877 euro) when it comes up for sale as part of Sotheby's 'Sale of Victorian and Edwardian Art' on Dec. 17.
(AP Photo/Matt Dunham)