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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Tom Pilgrim

Art dealer not negligent over sale of aristocratic family painting, judge rules

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An art dealer who secured the £1 million sale of a French “masterpiece” from an aristocratic family’s collection which was later resold for millions more did not act negligently, a judge has ruled.

Amanda Feilding, the Countess of Wemyss and March, and her husband James Charteris, the Earl of Wemyss and March, became embroiled in a High Court case brought against Simon C Dickinson Limited (SCD) over the handling of a painting purportedly by 18th-century artist Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin.

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