Giacometti chandelier bought for £250 later sold for £2.922m at Christie's

British artist John Craxton bought a Giacometti bronze chandelier for £250 in a Marylebone antiques shop in the late 1960s. The piece, titled Chandelier for Peter Watson, was auctioned at Christie's London on 28 February 2023 and sold for £2.922 million, including buyer's premium.

Source: Giacometti chandelier bought for £250 later sold for £2.922m at Christie's — Times of India

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