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From the New York Times:
“Nobody needs a $62 million van Gogh, and nobody wants to buy a lawsuit. If there’s any question about the painting’s ownership, people will buy a different artwork — or another airplane.”
Thomas C. Danziger, an art lawyer, on a van Gogh painting that sold at auction for $62 million and was claimed to be owned by a movie producer. It later vanished, with a trail leading to Caribbean tax havens and a jailed Chinese billionaire.
“Nobody needs a $62 million van Gogh, and nobody wants to buy a lawsuit. If there’s any question about the painting’s ownership, people will buy a different artwork — or another airplane.”
Thomas C. Danziger, an art lawyer, on a van Gogh painting that sold at auction for $62 million and was claimed to be owned by a movie producer. It later vanished, with a trail leading to Caribbean tax havens and a jailed Chinese billionaire.