Legal row over 28,000% mark-up for African mask

2023-11-01 03:57

A French couple cry foul after receiving only €150 for a mask that later fetched €4.2m at auction.

A second-hand dealer in France has appeared in court accused of deceiving a couple by paying €150 (£130) for an African mask which he resold for €4.2m.

The pensioner couple found the mask from Gabon at the home of an ancestor who had been a colonial governor.

They sold it to the dealer in...