Chardin strawberries refresh auction record
An auction record has been set for the French artist Jean Siméon Chardin (1699-1779) with the sale of 'Le panier de fraises des bois' (The Basket of Wild Strawberries).
After five and a half minutes of bidding, it was hammered down at €20.5m (£17.425m) at Artcurial (…