Athlete to star in Australia
ACQUIRED for £52,000 by the Australian businessman John Schaeffer at Christie’s, London in June 1996, this striking oil on canvas, right, A Dancing Athlete with an Olive Branch, by Frederic Leighton (1830-1896), comes under the hammer again on May 15.
Estimated at A$150,000-250,000 (£60,000-100,000) it is one of more than 600 lots being sold by Chris…