Hicks v. Eller

OPINION

CASTILLO, Chief Judge.

{1} As personal representative of her mother’s estate, Mary Jane Hicks contacted Peter Eller, an art appraiser, to help evaluate her mother’s property. Hicks had heard one of Eller’s advertisements on the radio. Ultimately, Eller did not provide appraisal services, but he did purchase two paintings by Dunton (the Duntons) from Hicks for $4,500. Eller then sold the Duntons for $35,000 to another art dealer who sold them to an art collector from Texas for $300,000. The art collector sold the Duntons at auction for approximately $600,000. When Hicks learned about…