Warhol fixture Jane Holzer was in court yesterday testifying in the trial of a Joseph Biear who sold her a “Heinz 57” box that was stolen, the NY Post reports:
Biear is accused of swiping the wooden box — a silk-screened replica of a ketchup crate — while working for poet Kenward Elmslie, a grandson of newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer. Biear, 50, was hired as Elmslie’s driver in 2005 and quickly embarked on a brazen scheme to loot the 76-year-old’s money and valuables, prosecutors claim. Holzer bought the crate for $220,000 and paid another $20,000 to have it restored, she said in testimony.
Warhol Pal Duped on “Stolen” Art (NY Post)
