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| Case Name | Date Ended |
Jurisdiction | Object in Dispute | Claims/ Legal Issues |
Decision/ Settlement |
| ACA v. Kinney | 2014 | Federal | Oil painting: fake Avery entitled "Summer Table, Gloucester" | Mutual Mistake | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Andre Emmerich Gallery, Inc. v. Segre | 2001 | Federal | Calder mobile: White Dots on Red and Blue | Fraud | Confidential Settlement |
| Arnold Herstand & Co. v. Gallery: Gertrude Stein, Inc. | 1995 | State | Balthus(?) drawing: Colette de Profil | Breach of Warranty | Remanded |
| Arthur v. Louis Vuitton North America, Inc. & Arthur v. Museum of Contemporary Art | 2010 | Federal | Murakami prints | Fraud | Dismissed |
| Baldwin v. Boone | 2017 | State | Two versions of "Sea and Mirror" by Ross Bleckner. | Fraud | Litigated, subsequently settled |
| Balog v. Center Art Gallery-Hawaii, Inc. | 1990 | Federal | Purported Dalí Prints and Wall Sculptures | Breach of Warranty | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) |
| Bilinski v. The Keith Haring Foundation | 2015 | Federal | Advertisement for the Miami Haring Expo | Antitrust | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Biro v. Condé Nast | 2015 | Federal | David Grann, “The Mark of a Masterpiece: The man who keeps finding famous fingerprints on uncelebrated works of art" (The New Yorker, 2010) | Defamation | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Boulé v. Hutton | 2004 | Federal | Over 100 purported Lazar Khidekel works | False Advertising | Judgment for Defendant(s) in part |
| Brady v. Lynes | 2008 | Federal | Fraud | Dismissed | |
| Christie's v. SWCA, Inc. | 2009 | State | Picasso (?) sculpture: Tête Cubiste (Tête de Fernande) | Breach of Contract | Litigated, subsequently settled |
| Cohen v. Mazoh | 2004 | State | Gentileschi painting: Joseph and Potiphar's Wife | Fraud | Litigated, subsequently settled |
| Cristallina S.A. v. Christie, Manson & Woods International | 1987 | State | Various works including, van Gogh painting: Mas à Saintes-Maries and Cézanne painting The Abandoned House at Tholonet | Fraud | Litigated, subsequently settled |
| Daniel Goldreyer, Ltd. v. Dow Jones & Co. | 1999 | State | Newman painting: Who Is Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue III? | Libel | Settled |
| David Rogath v. Werner E.R. Siebenmann | 1997 | Federal | Bacon (?) painting: Self-Portrait | Breach of Contract | Remanded |
| David Tunick, Inc. v. E.W. Kornfeld and Galerie Kornfeld und Cie | 1994 | Federal | Picasso print: La Minotauromachie | Breach of Warranty | Litigated, subsequently settled |
| Dawson v. G. Malina, Inc. | 1978 | Federal | Chinese Ceramics | Breach of Warranty | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) |
| De Balkany v. Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd. | 1994 | International | Schiele painting: Youth Kneeling Before God the Father | Authenticity | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) |
| E.S.T., Inc. v. Christie's | 2001 | State | Carracci painting: Entombment of Christ | Negligence | Confidential Settlement |
| FTC v. Austin | 1995 | Federal | Various lithographs, including some claimed to be by Dali, Chagall, Miro, and Picasso | Negligent Misrepresentation | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) |
| FTC v. Magui Publishers | 1993 | Federal | 32 separate editions of prints marked as Dali | Fraud | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) |
| FTC v. Solomon Trading Co. | 1994 | Federal | Erte prints | Misrepresentation | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) |
| Fastov v. Christie's | 2008 | Federal | Emil Jacob Schindler (?) Landscape: Schloss Thalwitz | Breach of Contract | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Feigen v. Weil | 1993 | State | Ink drawing: fake Henri Matisse entitled "Still Life" | Mutual Mistake | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) |
| Firestone & Parson, Inc. v. Union League of Philadelphia | 1987 | Federal | John Ross Key painting: Bombardment of Fort Sumter | Breach of Contract | Dismissed |
| Fletcher v. Doig | 2016 | Federal | Painting by "Doige," not "Doig." | Authenticity | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Foxley v. Sotheby's | 1995 | Federal | Cassatt(?) painting: Lydia Reclining on a Divan | Breach of Contract | Settled |
| Galerie Furstenberg v. Coffaro | 1988 | Federal | Eight Dalí drawings of etchings, including Pegasus or Pegase | Fraud | Dismissed |
| Galerie Gmurzynska v. Hutton | 2004 | Federal | Russian avant-garde artwork | False Advertising | Dismissed |
| Goldman v. Barnett | 1992 | Federal | 60 paintings, including 12 by Milton Avery | Breach of Contract | Dismissed |
| Greenberg Gallery, Inc. v. Bauman | 1994 | Federal | Calder (?) Mobile Rio Nero | Breach of Contract | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Greenwood v. Koven | 1995 | Federal | Braque (?) painting: "Still Life With Pitcher and Guitar" | Breach of Contract | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) |
| Gribin v. Hammer Galleries | 1994 | Federal | Laurencin painting: Three Young Ladies | Declaratory Action | Withdrawn |
| Gumowitz v. Wildenstein | 1995 | State | Oil Painting, Georges Seurat (?), entitled "Paysan Travaillant" | Breach of Contract | Litigated, subsequently settled |
| Hahn v. Duveen | 1930 | State | Purported Leonardo da Vinci La Belle Ferronnière | Slander of Title | Litigated, subsequently settled |
| In re Park West Galleries, Inc., Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation | 2011 | Federal | Cruise-ship auction prints | Fraud | Settled |
| Jenack v. Rabizadeh | 2013 | State | 19th Century Russian silver/enamel covered box with gilt interior signed by I.P. Khlebnikov | Breach of Contract | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) |
| Killala Fine Art, Ltd. v. Weissman | 2011 | Federal | Forged Motherwell painting | Breach of Contract | Litigated, subsequently settled |
| Kirby v. Wildenstein | 1992 | Federal | Béraud painting: La Rue de la Paix | Disparagement | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Kitchen v. Sotheby's | 2008 | State | Renoir(?) pastel | Fraud | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Knispel v. Gallery 63 Antiques | 2015 | State | Harold Anderson, Patching Pants, 1940 (sold as Norman Rockwell, Mending His Ways) | Breach of Contract | Dismissed |
| Kohler v. Leslie Hindman, Inc. | 1996 | Federal | Rosseau (purportedly) painting: The Plains of Meudon | Breach of Contract | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Krahmer v. Christie's, Inc. | 2007 | State | Frank Weston Benson painting: Interior | Fraud | Dismissed |
| Kramer v. The Pollock-Krasner Foundation | 1995 | Federal | Pollock(?) painting | Antitrust | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Lagrange v. Knoedler Gallery | 2012 | Federal | Paintings / purported Jackson Pollock (?) / "Untitled, 1950" | Breach of Warranty | Settled |
| Larivière v. Thaw | 2000 | State | Pollock (fake): Vertical Infinity | Breach of Contract | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Levin v. Dalva Bros., Inc. | 2007 | Federal | Antiques | Choice of Law | Settled |
| Levin v. Gallery 63 Antiques Corp. | 2008 | Federal | 19th-century Italian sculptures | Breach of Warranty | Settled |
| Marchig v. Christie's Inc. | 2011 | Federal | La Bella Principessa | Negligence | Judgment for Defendant(s) in part |
| Mattis Claim Against Rosenblum for Lewis Hine Photographs | 2001 | Photographs by Lewis Hine | Authenticity | Non-litigated Settlement | |
| Mayor Gallery v. Agnes Martin Catalogue Raisonné LLC | 2019 | State | Works alleged to be by Agnes Martin | Misrepresentation | Litigated, subsequently settled |
| McCloud v. Lawrence Gallery | 2002 | Federal | Picasso (fake) drawing | Jurisdiction | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) |
| McNally v. Yarnall | 1991 | Federal | La Farge(?) works | Defamation | Judgment for Defendant(s) in part |
| Mickle v. Christie's, Inc. | 2003 | Federal | Wilmar(?),"Billy Bowlegs" | Rescission | Settled |
| Mount v. Ormond | 1991 | Federal | Various works of Sargent | Defamation | Dismissed |
| Mount v. Sadik | 1980 | Federal | Portrait of George Washington | Defamation | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Nacht v. Sotheby’s Holdings Inc. | 1999 | State | Picabia (?) painting: Francis Picabia (?), Josias | Fraud | Withdrawn |
| Nussberg v. Tatintsian | 2016 | State | More than 200 Russian Suprematist Works by Malevich and his followers | Breach of Contract | Affirmed |
| Orlando Museum of Art, Inc. v. De Groft, et al. | Pending | State | Untitled (Basquiat Fake) | Breach of Fiduciary Duty | Pending |
| People of New York v. The Antique and Design Center | 2001 | State | 56 counterfeit paintings | Fraud | Settled |
| Porcella v. Time, Inc. | 1962 | Federal | Article in Life Magazine | Libel | Dismissed |
| Ravenna v. Christie's | 2001 | Federal | Ludovico Carracci Painting Pietà | Negligent Misrepresentation | Dismissed |
| Regina v. Drewe | 1999 | International | Paintings proportedly by modern masters | Forgery | Conviction |
| Rosen v. Spanierman | 1990 | Federal | Sargent painting: The Sisters (or Misses) Wertheimer | Fraud | Non-litigated Settlement |
| Seltzer v. Morton | 2007 | State | Seltzer painting: Lassoing a Longhorn | Authenticity | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) |
| Shaheen v. Stephen Hahn, Inc. | 1995 | Federal | Cassatt (?) pastel: Mother About to Kiss Her Baby | Breach of Warranty | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) in part |
| Shaltiel-Gracian v. Association Wildenstein Institute | 2007 | International | Shaltiel-Gracian "Modigliani" | Tort | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Simon-Whelan v. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. | 2010 | Federal | Self-portrait Andy Warhol (?) | Authenticity | Settled |
| Spanierman Gallery v. Arnold | 1997 | Federal | Two Heade paintings, including Two Hummingbirds and Orchid | Fraud | Dismissed |
| Struna v. Wolf | 1985 | State | Nadelman sculpture | Valuation | Dismissed |
| The "Metzinger Case" (France) | 2014 | International | Maison Blanche | Authenticity | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Thome v. Alexander & Louisa Calder Foundation | 2010 | State | Purported Alexander Calder stage set | Authenticity | Dismissed |
| Thomson v. Christie's | 2005 | International | Houghton Urns | Misrepresentation | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Thwaytes v. Sotheby's | 2015 | International | An autograph replica of Caravaggio's 'The Cardsharps' | Negligence | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Tony Shafrazi Gallery, Inc. v. Christie's Inc. | 2011 | State | Fake Basquiat Painting | Fraud | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Travis v. Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc. | 1982 | State | Tilly Kettle painting: Portrait of the Misses Paine | Negligence | Dismissed |
| United States v. Amiel | 2000 | Federal | Print forgeries allegedly by Miró, Chagall, Picasso and Dali | Fraud | Conviction |
| United States v. Amiel, Jr. | 2011 | Federal | Fake Picasso "Francoise Gilot" | Fraud | Guilty Plea |
| United States v. Austin | 1995 | Federal | Forged prints by modern artists, including Dali | Fraud | Conviction |
| United States v. Cooperman | 2005 | Federal | Two paintings by Picasso and Monet | Fraud | Conviction |
| United States v. Dewey Lane Moore | 2001 | Federal | 294 artworks of dubious authenticity | Fraud | Conviction |
| United States v. DiMarco | 2020 | Federal | Paintings by Mark Rothko and Ad Reinhardt | Conspiracy | Conviction |
| United States v. John Re | 2016 | Federal | Various works purported to be by Pollock and de Kooning | Fraud | Guilty Plea |
| United States v. Likhite | 2008 | State | Portrait of Miss Saltonstall | Theft | Conviction |
| United States v. Martinez | 2002 | Federal | 2 drawings by Basquiat (fake) | Fraud | Guilty Plea |
| United States v. Meyer; Kolodny v. Meyer | 2015 | Federal | 22 unfinished Jasper Johns works | Trafficking in Stolen Property | Guilty Plea |
| United States v. Pereda | Pending | Federal | Fake Basquiat And Haring Works | Fraud | Pending |
| United States v. Ramnarine | 2014 | Federal | "Flag" | Fraud | Guilty Plea |
| United States v. Righter | 2020 | Federal | fake Jean-Michel Basquiat painting | Fraud | Guilty Plea |
| United States v. Roberts | 2015 | Federal | Peter Max forgeries | Conspiracy | Guilty Plea |
| United States v. Sakhai | 2005 | Federal | Fakes by Gauguin, Chagall and others | Fraud | Guilty Plea |
| United States v. Spoutz | 2017 | Federal | Forged paintings by several American artists | Forgery | Guilty Plea |
| United States v. Vitrano; Vitrano v. United States | 2007 | Federal | Falsely attributed works of various artists | Fraud | Conviction |
| United States v. Wiseman | 1993 | Federal | Thousands of fake prints, purportedly by Dali and others | Fraud | Conviction |
| United States v. Zabrin | 2010 | Federal | Fake Lichtenstein | Fraud | Guilty Plea |
| Uptown Gallery, Inc. v. Doniger | 1993 | State | Oil on canvas: fake Bernard Buffet still life, 1959 | Mutual Mistake | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) |
| Vitale v. Marlborough Gallery | 1994 | Federal | Pollock painting (fake) | Authenticity | Dismissed |
| Vom Lehn v. Astor Art Galleries | 1976 | State | jade and serpentine carvings | Fraud | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) |
| Waller v. Scheer | c. 1985 | State | Schreyer(?) painting | Fraud | Remanded |
| Weisz v. Parke-Bernet Galleries | 1974 | State | Paintings listed as Dufy | Breach of Warranty | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Wilson v. Hammer Holdings, Inc. | 1988 | Federal | Purported Edouard Vuillard painting: Femme Debout | Breach of Warranty | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Zoellner v. Christie's | 2003 | State | Consul Klep Cover | Fraud | Judgment for Defendant(s) |