With the recent decision in the Baron Herzog case dismissing some claims but allowing the bulk of the case to go forward, the next step is determining what issues can be appealed now.
Herzog Case Against Hungarian Museums Focuses on Issues to Be Appealed
Posted by
Nicholas O'Donnell on October 5, 2011 at 1:15 PM
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Topics: Hungary, Holocaust, Restitution, Statute of Limitations, World War II, Foreign Sovereign Immunities
On the heels of yesterday's interruption and pressure from the presiding judge to accept a six-year sentence, the accused leader of a forgery ring in Germany apparently confessed today to 14 forgeries. It's been reported that he said that he enjoyed fooling collectors and experts. It is anticipated that the other defendants will receive similar sentences, though it is not yet certain.
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Topics: Forgery, Lempertz, Germany, Wolfgang Beltracchi, Restitution, connoisseurship, Max Ernst
German Forgery Trial Update-Deal Offered?
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Nicholas O'Donnell on September 27, 2011 at 9:14 AM
We have been following with interest the trial in Cologne, Germany of four accused forgers. The trial began at the beginning of the month. Wolfgang Beltracchi, 60, is accused of organizing a scam that defrauded art collectors out of millions of dollars. Comedian, actor, and writer Steve Martin is among the most high-profile victims. The 47 forgeries mimicked 20th century paintings by Kees Van Dongen, Max Ernst, Max Pechstein and Heinrich Campendonk.
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Topics: Cologne, Forgery, Lempertz, Germany, Wolfgang Beltracchi, Restitution, connoisseurship, Max Ernst
Hungarian World War II Restitution Case Will Go Forward
Posted by
Nicholas O'Donnell on September 15, 2011 at 8:15 AM
The United States District Court has allowed significant parts of the claim brought by claimed heirs of Baron Mor Lipot Herzog to go forward. The decision is significant for several reasons. First, it is the most prominent restitution case currently at the trial level, and the case will now proceed into discovery of the facts. Second, the judge turned away a strong statute of limitations argument, which has been the strong trend in recent restitution cases. On the flip side, the judge found for the defendants on eleven paintings that were the subject of prior litigiation.
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Topics: Hungary, Holocaust, Restitution, Statute of Limitations, World War II, Foreign Sovereign Immunities
The Met Joins Russian Art Embargo Dispute
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Nicholas O'Donnell on September 8, 2011 at 8:05 AM
In the latest development in one of this year’s farthest-reaching art law issues, the Metropolitian Museum of Art announced in August that it will no longer lend its works of art within the Russian Federation so long as the Russian embargo on U.S. loans persists. The Met had planned to loan works by French designer Paul Poiret to the exhibition “Paul Poiret – King of Fashion” at the Kremlin Museum.
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Topics: Russia, Restitution, World War II, Foreign Sovereign Immunities, Chabad
