Auctioneers pull lots as fakes scandal unfolds

Sotheby’s New York and Christie's King Street both withdrew furniture lots provenanced to dealers John and Carlton Hobbs from sale last week – casualties of the unfolding "fake" furniture scandal first exposed by The Sunday Times.

The eleventh-hour withdrawals follow two articles alleging that London dealer John Hobbs had sold as…

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