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Case Summary
In re Search Warrant Executed Feb. 1, 1995
In re Search Warrant Executed Feb. 1, 1995, No. M 18-65, (S.D.N.Y. July 7, 1995) (denying motion for return of property).
Précis
In 1994, David Bernstein, an art dealer, consigned three works of Pre-Columbian art from Peru to auction to Sotheby’s. U.S. Customs seized the works, which were eventually returned to Peru.
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