Legal Opinion
Massimo Martino, S.A. v. Transgroup Express
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 1, 2003No. 01 Civ. 7917(RO)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
OWEN, District Judge.
Plaintiff Massimo Martino, a Swiss art dealer, loaned a number of Gerhard Richter paintings including “Seestruck Welle” to the David Zwirner Gallery in New York. In the spring of 2000, Hanna Schouwink of the Zwirner Gallery wrote two letters and made many calls to defendant Transcon to have “Seestruck Welle” shipped to the Museum of Modern Art of Fort Worth Texas. Schouwink had dealt with Transcon’s office on numerous prior occasions. It was mentioned by her in the conversations and letters that the painting was very valuable (some $3,000,000) and must…
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