Not merely a bagatelle
IN The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald mused ‘Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me’, but, occasionally, up comes a dilemma that would be much the same for anyone. The collector who paid € 1,174,500 (£1,172,156) for four handsome antique chair frames at Artcurial in Paris on July 22 now faces the same decision that any successful buyer at a country auction might have to make: should they upholster and re-cover?
