Bidders frustrated as Spanish State pre-empts Goyas
THERE were suppressed cries of irritation from the public at the May 8 sale held in Madrid by Alcalá Subastas as the Spanish State pre-empted all the important lots of the evening, including two newly-discovered paintings by Goya.
There had been huge expectation surrounding the discovery by Alcalá’s expert Richard de Willermin of…