Artworks returned to holocaust victim's heirs set to be auctioned in US
Six artworks, previously stolen by Nazis and recently returned to the heirs of an Austrian Jewish owner, to be auctioned in New York.
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Six artworks, previously stolen by Nazis and recently returned to the heirs of an Austrian Jewish owner, to be auctioned in New York.
Six artworks stolen by the Nazis and returned recently to the heirs of the Austrian Jew who owned them will be auctioned in New York next month, Christie's said Thursday.Grunbaum's heirs had been fighting for the artworks' return for years.
Three of the works -- watercolors on paper, thought to be worth up to $2.5 million each -- will be auctioned on November 9 and three others will go up two days later as part of Christie's fall auctions.
Six of the seven pieces by Egon Schiele will hit auction block next month, after years-long fight by descendants of cabaret dancer Fritz Grunbaum for their return
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