Tajan was accused last April of “falsifying public records” at the same sale, by recording a bronze statuette as sold during the sale, whereas it was apparently negotiated afterwards with London dealer Nahmad.
Tajan has dismissed the accusations as “groundless.”
Tajan charged over Giacometti bronzes
FRANCE: AFTER a hearing with the examining magistrate on September 29, leading Paris auctioneer Jacques Tajan has been charged with “suborning a witness and serious breach of trust” over the sale of bronzes by Alberto Giacometti at Drouot in July 1994.
