Why the Germans Haven’t Returned $1 Billion Worth of Nazi-Looted Painting

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Click Here to Read:  Why the Germans Haven’t Returned $1 Billion Worth of Nazi-Looted Paintings Munich authorities seem more interested in protecting an art dealer than in returning stolen works to their rightful heirs By Saul Austerlitz on the Tablet website on November 14, 2013.

A self portrait by Otto Dix is seen on screen at a press conference on Nov. 5, 2013, in Augsburg, Germany, on the discovery of nearly 1,500 paintings, including works by Picasso and Matisse, looted by the Nazis. (Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

Click Here to Read:  Looted Treasures in Pandora’s Box on this website.

Click Here t Read: In a Rediscovered Trove of Art, a Triumph Over the Nazis’ Will on this website.

Francis Bacon painting of Lucian Freud expected to sell for over $85m at auction

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Click Here to Read:  Francis Bacon painting of Lucian Freud expected to sell for over $85m at auction by Jess Denham on the Independent website on November 12, 2013.

Click Here to Read: At $142.4 Million, Triptych Is the Most Expensive Artwork Ever Sold at an Auction by Carol Vogel in The New York Times on November 12, 2013.

Francis Bacon’s ‘Three Studies of Lucian Freud’ has an asking price of $85m

Looted Treasures in Pandora’s Box

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Click Here to Read:  Looted Treasures in Pandora’s Box By Lynn H. Nicholas in The Wall Street Journal on Nov. 6, 2013.

A photograph of Matisse’s ‘Sitting Woman’ as it was presented during a recent press conference in Augsburg, Germany. The work was among some 1,400 works discovered hidden in a small Munich apartment. Marc Mueller/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images.

In a Rediscovered Trove of Art, a Triumph Over the Nazis’ Will

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Click Here to Read:  In a Rediscovered Trove of Art, a Triumph Over the Nazis’ Will By Michael Kimmelman In The New York Times on November 5, 2013.

Click Here to Read:  German Officials Provide Details on Looted Art by Melissa Eddy, Alison Smale, Patricia Cohen, Randy Kennedy in The New York Times on  November 5, 2013.

A painting by the German Expressionist Franz Marc, projected during a news conference, was among hundreds of works discovered by German authorities in a Munich apartment during a tax investigation.