Art dealer Peter Gant tells court of gun threat over fake painting

By Anne Davies
Updated July 29 2014 - 4:08am, first published July 28 2014 - 8:01pm
'It looked like a Drysdale and smelled like a Drysdale': Art dealer Peter Gant. Photo: Getty Images/Dominic Lorrimer
'It looked like a Drysdale and smelled like a Drysdale': Art dealer Peter Gant. Photo: Getty Images/Dominic Lorrimer
Big Blue Lavender Bay was purchased for $2.5 million.
Big Blue Lavender Bay was purchased for $2.5 million.
Orange Lavender Bay sold for $1.15 million to Sydney car dealer Steve Natevski.
Orange Lavender Bay sold for $1.15 million to Sydney car dealer Steve Natevski.

Bankrupt Melbourne art dealer Peter Gant said an irate client, Robert Ojeda, had arrived at his business premises "with his henchmen and a big gun" to demand the return of $250,000 which he had paid Mr Gant for a Russell Drysdale painting in 1988 or 1989.

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