Star Versace auction lot withdrawn amid fears it may have been stolen [Edition 3]

Evening Standard - London | March 17, 2009| | Copyright

AN 18th century masterpiece billed as the star lot in the auction of Gianni Versace's possessions has been withdrawn by Sotheby's amid fears the painting was stolen.

The contents of the murdered fashion designer's Lake Como villa will be part of a Pounds 2million auction being held tomorrow night at Sotheby's New Bond Street head office.

But on the eve of the sale, the auction house was embarrassed to discover one of the most expensive items -- a work by German-born master Johann Zoffany -- may have been stolen 15 years before Versace bought it. Portrait Of Major George Maule had been heralded ...

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