Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hmmm. I would think that the rightful owner is the one it is stolen from, no matter where it ends up. Ignorance is no excuse: why would art be different from say a car? Someone steals my car, someone buys it from the thief unknowing it's stolen, so do I, the victim loose my car? Or am I missing something... On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > > http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/famed-photographer-asst-stole-650g-worth-prints-da-article-1.2244006 > > I wonder what happens when a collector buys a stolen print like this? I'm > guessing the collector can keep it so long as he/she was not complicit. > Far from the same facts, but we have an interesting case going on in > Oklahoma now, where OU has a Pissaro painting stolen from the owner during > WWII. > > http://www.oudaily.com/news/ou-museum-holds-pieces-of-art-with-wwii-nazi-connections/article_f4911dfe-654e-11e4-80ac-0017a43b2370.html > > Ken > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler www.robertadlerphotography.com