Two Stories, No Claim

A New York patrolman came by the Yllanes paintings in 1978; museums now pay up to $1.9 million for them. He told curators an old woman left them to him in her will. No will was ever found, and three men who helped him sell the art say they came out of a dumpster. He feared a claim all his life. None has come. Two stories, no claim.

The patrolman who came to own the Yllanes paintings in 1978 told exhibition curators an old woman had left them to him in her will, but no will was ever found and three men who helped him sell the art say he took them from a dumpster outside the artist's old building; he feared a claim all his life, and none has come.

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🎙️The TellerAkiOld TaneLord Ozen