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Greed and the Greek: Are These Lost Van Goghs?

April 16, 2014 by Marion Maneker

Greek van Gogh

This woman claims all she wants is to have the Nazi-looted art her father liberated from a train when he was a Greek resistance fighter. But somehow her greed is getting in the way:

The Van Gogh Museum wrote to Doreta in December of 2006, and requested to see the ‘man with a pipe’ painting. She says that they made her an outrageous offer: “They said they would authenticate it, but the contract they sent me stated they had the right to keep it forever, for free.”

Doreta reveals she has now spent $150,000 trying to authenticate the paintings; including X-rays and various lab tests. “I am very poor. I have spent every penny I have on the authentication. The art world has even disputed lab tests I’ve had done on the paint. I spent so much money on the painting that I lost my home. We had to sell up. I don’t even want to sell the painting, all I want is for them to admit it’s real.”

Van Gogh Mystery: $100m Nazi Art Collection Leaves Woman Broke

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