Legal Opinion
Guggenheim Foundation v. Lubell
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 14, 1991PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Wachtler.
The backdrop for this replevin action (see, CPLR art 71) is the New York City art market, where masterpieces command extraordinary prices at auction and illicit dealing in stolen merchandise is an industry all its own. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, which operates the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, is seeking to recover a Chagall gouache worth an estimated $200,000. The Guggenheim believes that the gouache was stolen from its premises by a mailroom employee sometime in the late 1960s. The appellant Rachel Lubell and her husband, now…
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