Ray Dowd

Lawsuit Over Schiele Drawing Has Legs

Austrian painter Egon Schiele, around 1914.
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Austrian painter Egon Schiele, around 1914.

On July 20, 1938, an Austrian art historian working for the new Nazi government appraised the collec  read more »

A Trove of Salvage Unsalvaged Spawns a Mess of Lawsuits

When it came crashing down, in late summer of 2000, the fall of the Irreplaceable Artifacts warehous  read more »

Bark House: Endless Dogsuit Done

After nearly 10 years of hounding, the bank that serves as executor for tobacco heiress Doris Duke's  read more »