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...University has learned that it wasn’t the only victim of theft whose artwork ended up at an estate auction earlier this month. Several other objects left by the late New York art collector William M.V. Kingsland??including a bust by surrealist painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti—have been confirmed stolen, The New York Times reported yesterday...
Last week, auction house Stair Galleries halted the sale of pieces from Kingsland??s collection when they were discovered to be stolen. Harvard confirmed that two paintings from Stair—one of which is a portrait by John Singleton Copley—were stolen from the University’s collections more than three decades...
...estate already had generated $250,000 in sales. It is unclear how Kingsland amassed his fortune. In fact, Kingsland??s age, the location of his primary residence, and his cause of death are all unknown, according to news reports...
Stair said that “there was absolutely no way...for any regional auction house to tell” if Kingsland??s belongings were stolen...
Stair added that Kingsland??s paintings were not listed in the International Foundation for Art Research database, which tracks stolen work...