article_snippet: Manager Geraldine Hassler   had mistakenly sold the painting while The Envie d'art gallery in London was storing the painting for the customer .
article_snippet: An art gallery manager sold a customer’s £5,000 painting to somebody else by mistake – before commissioning an ‘ugly copy’ to try to con An art gallery manager owner.
article_snippet: The Evening Standard reports that Manager Geraldine Hassler   Manager Geraldine Hassler   had mistakenly sold the painting while they were storing the painting for the customer who purchased it was undergoing renovations.
article_snippet: Manager Geraldine Hassler   did not have an image – but weeks later Manager Geraldine Hassler   was informed an image – had been found in Envie d’art’s Paris gallery.
article_snippet: After being told this had not happened, Manager Geraldine Hassler   took Manager Geraldine Hassler   purchase home, only to find that the artist signature was dated three years after Manager Geraldine Hassler   bought the artist’s signature.
article_snippet: The Evening Standard quotes the source as saying that the customer who purchased it was undergoing renovations eventually found an email picture of Manager Geraldine Hassler   original and saw that Manager Geraldine Hassler   had been given a ‘rather ugly copy’.
article_snippet: the source said the gallery manager had ‘panicked’ when the customer who purchased it was undergoing renovations asked for the gallery manager and ordered a new commission that was ‘in the spirit’ of the original
article_snippet: An art gallery manager sold a customer’s £5,000 painting (left) to somebody else by mistake – before commissioning an ‘ugly copy’ to try and con An art gallery manager owner .
article_snippet: The Evening Standard quotes gallery owner Yann Bombard as saying Ms Hassler alone had sold the painting by mistake and that Ms Hassler only found out when Ms Hassler alone came clean.
article_snippet: Ms Hassler said: ‘Ms Hassler alone really thought at the beginning Ms Hassler would be happy with the painting and Ms Hassler alone lied instead of telling the truth.
highlights_snippet: Manager Geraldine Hassler  sold artwork in error while they were storing The Envie d'art gallery in London .
  
highlights_snippet: Source says Source 'panicked' when the art lover asked for the art lover and commissioned a copy 'for a new client’
  