[drcy]

Need a lot more evidence.

We don't know the veracity of Pepitone's tale, or what exactly are his rights and ownership or his evidence. On the other hand, perhaps it's longstanding practice of museums and auctions houses to deal in stuff that wasn't originally obtained on the up-and-up.

Big museums are very thorough and paper-work heavy about things they receive-- from who, ownership, rights, where it came from, expressed conditions, etc.

Not enough info to form an opinion.