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Park West Gallery Fights Suits Over Value of Works:

Reports Detroit Free Press

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On June 10, 2010 the Detroit Free Press published an article by David Ashenfelter entitled Southfield gallery fights suits over value of works. Park West sued, countersuing over practices... Read the article on FreeP.com: Southfield gallery fights suits over value of works

Park West Gallery fights suits over value of works, reports the Detroit Free Press

Southfield gallery fights suits over value of works
By David Ashenfelter for the Detroit Free Press

Park West sued, countersuing over practices.
Marti Szostak said it was irresistible: the chance to buy limited-edition prints by Dali, Rembrandt and other artists at a huge discount. So the 60-year-old nurse from Bargersville, Ind., bought 21 pieces of art for $48,000 from Southfield-based Park West Gallery during art auctions on Royal Caribbean cruise ships in 2005 and 2007.

Szostak said she worked three jobs to pay for it and then decided to sell. To her horror, she said, art dealers told her the prints were largely worthless. She said experts told her the Dalí signatures were forged... read more



— by Fine Art Registry®  |  June 10, 2010

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