A collection from someone with a famous relative will normally prick up the ears of any self-respecting auctioneer, writes Alex Capon.
Such was the case when Welsh auctioneers Rogers Jones were approached by the great great-granddaughter of Nina Fagnani, a French-American artist and socialite in New York. The daughter of Guiseppe Fagnani, himself an artist, she exhibited her first work at the Paris Salon in 1880 and at the Royal Academy in London in 1892.
On September 15, Rogers Jones will offer 29 lots of pictures, jewellery and silver including one portrait miniature by her and another of her.