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Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar (Weimar Museum) Claim Against Consignor to Sotheby's

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An amicable agreement was reached in 1997 between the Weimar Museum in Germany and the owners of a Tischbein painting, consigned for auction at Sotheby’s in New York, that had been looted during World War II. The painting was returned to the Museum and the owners were compensated for...

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