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Picasso seller’s claims against Sotheby’s partly survive a dismissal motion

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Picasso seller’s claims against Sotheby’s partly survive a dismissal motion
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Maria Iride Crippa consigned a Picasso painting for private sale through Sotheby’s. The prospective buyer, August Uribe Fine Art, did not pay the full contract price. A New York judge dismissed some of the seller’s claims against Sotheby’s but allowed others to proceed. File photograph: Sotheby’s former York Avenue location, Jim Henderson/Wikimedia Commons.

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