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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matt Mathers

Chandelier bought for £250 in antique shop set to sell for millions

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A “rare and prestigious” chandelier picked up by an English painter for £250 in the 1960s could be sold for millions.

John Craxton suspected the unusual chandelier was the work of Alberto Giacometti when he saw it at an auction in London. Made in the late 1940s, it goes on sale at Christie’s in February.

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