Monday, August 07, 2006

FALLOUT FROM THE LOOTING OF HEBREW MANUSCRIPTS from the Bibliotheque Nationale:
Dealer sues Christie's over stolen scroll
By Harry Mount in New York
(Filed: 07/08/2006) (The Telegraph)

An antiques dealer is suing Christie's, the auction house, for selling him an ancient Jewish manuscript believed to have been stolen from France's greatest library.

Christie's sold the 13th-century Torah and another five scrolls to Yosef Goldman, of New York, in 2000.

The Bibliotheque Nationale, the national library of France, sued Mr Goldman for the return of the Torah, claiming that it had been stolen.

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