Buyers count the cost as State pre-empts entire château sale
FRANCE: THE FRENCH government’s apparent disregard for their art market, reflected by the repeated postponement of the auction reform (see above), was further illustrated by the dramatic last-minute cancellation of the sale of the contents of the former royal château at Randan in the Auvergne.
News that the State had bought the ensemble for around £1.2m came through just hours before public v…