Bidders frustrated as Spanish State pre-empts Goyas

THERE were suppressed cries of irritation from the public at the May 8 sale held in Madrid by Alcalá Subastas as the Spanish State pre-empted all the important lots of the evening, including two newly-discovered paintings by Goya.

There had been huge expectation surrounding the discovery by Alcalá’s expert Richard de Willermin of…

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