Couple of things
1) I think this specific story has run before. I remember this story. Having said that, it does bring up an interesting point; which is what is the role of the auction house in collecting material. If the auction house does due dilligence and this happens; what is any responsibility do they have both legally and morally.
2) This is the 2nd time in a couple of months that Hunt Auctions has found out after the fact that merchandise may not have been salable. Last month, if you recall, they had the material pulled that some believe may have been taken from various libraries. Now this, I suppose this is a normal part of doing business in old collectibles like this.
3) And yet; you can't say that Hunt Auctions did anything wrong on either occassion. Sometimes; bad things happen to good auction houses.
Rich
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