Christie’s contests a lawsuit over a disputed Basquiat
The Tony Shafrazi Gallery and collector Guido Orsi sued over the 1990 auction of Untitled (1982), attributed to Jean-Michel Basquiat. The artist’s estate authentication committee later rejected the attribution. Christie’s disputed liability and argued the claims fell outside the terms and timing of its warranty. Image: Christie’s New York saleroom, via Wikimedia Commons.
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