An antiques dealer has appeared in court in Alès accused of deceiving a pensioner couple after he paid £130 for an African mask before selling it for £3.6million.

A French second-hand art dealer is being sued by a retired couple who allege they sold him a rare 19th-century African mask for just €150, only for him to resell it for a staggering €4.2 million.

From card: "Exceptionally fine spec., carved from ivory. Small mask; 2 holes on each side and above forehead. 2 1/2' deep in black refuse. Illus. in The Far North catalog, Nat. Gall. of Art, 1973, p.

An elderly couple is suing an art dealer who bought an African face mask from them for £129 and sold it for £3.6m. The unnamed pair, aged 81 and 88, from Nimes in France, were clearing out their ...