The perils of not getting that export paperwork right...
January 17 2011
Picture: Sotheby's
A US court has seized 'Leda and the Swan' by Lelio Orsi, after apparent irregularities in Italian export procedures. The picture had been sold at auction in New York for $1.5m in 2008.
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