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Ella Jessel

London art dealer Ivor Braka to swap gallery home for £60 million Knightsbridge mansion project

Mr Brata plans to convert the historical home from apartments back into one mansion

(Picture: Alex Lentati)

London art dealer Ivor Braka has sold his Knightsbridge home/private gallery of thirty years, swapping it for a mansion across the road with a potential value thought to be in excess of £60 million.

The maverick collector, who filled his red-brick Cadogan Square home with sculptures and paintings by artists such as Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud, will soon be moving his treasure trove of art and designer furniture to an opulent Grade II-listed mansion — also located on the exclusive Cadogan Square.

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