Bargain hunters hover as CJ’s art collection goes under hammer

HE was a man renowned for his finer tastes, but the sale of Charles J Haughey’s art collection tonight is set to attract a party of bargain hunters.

Bargain hunters hover as CJ’s art collection goes under hammer

After enormous interest during the showing of more than 100 pieces from the former taoiseach’s Abbeville collection they go on sale at Adam’s auctioneers in Dublin this evening.

David Britton, who is handling the auction, said that in these recessionary times, people have been skulking around the works looking for a cute trade.

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