Church of England prepared for the scandal surrounding the sale of paintings

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The Church of England prepared for the scandal surrounding the sale of paintings

Church of England secretly preparing a sale of his collection of paintings of the XVII century Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbaran, reports The Daily Mail referring to confidential documents that fall to the journalists.
According to the newspaper, church leaders have asked a London PR-agency to minimize the effects of the scandal, which will inevitably cause sales of paintings. PR man paid 37,000 pounds. 10 years ago, the Archbishop of Canterbury and York were going to sell Zurbaran, but were forced to abandon this idea because of the rising wave of public outrage.

12 paintings for 250 years hung in the historical residence of the bishops of Durham, castle Auckland (Auckland). They are going to sell at auction Sotheby's, the entire collection estimated at about 15 million pounds. Date of sale is not yet determined exactly, but trades can take place during the New Year.

In a confidential letter to a representative of the PR-agency Chelgate argues that the best outcome would be if all the paintings manage to find a buyer. Maximum reputational damage will be caused if the meeting will be split up and work Zurbaran to go abroad - to Russian, Japanese or Middle Eastern collectors.

According to the PR man, the scandal will smooth out if the trust lighting sales friendly art criticism.

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