| De Vos Is Sued for Dubious
Giacometti Table So Inspection in
Manhattan Apartment then Paris
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Oct 7 – Roy Stillman bought
what he was told was a table
by Swiss sculptor Diego
Giacometti from Jacques de Vos
in 2004, for
$190,000. Then he
came to believe the table was
a counterfeit. He sent it to
Paris to check. And then he
sued.
The case has a
conference on October 7, 2024
before U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Magistrate Judge
Katharine H. Parker. Inner
City Press was there, the only
media - the only person - in
the courtroom gallery. From
the thread:
Plaintiff's
lawyer: We're all ears if they
want to talk settlement before
we depose the seller. They are
suggesting we created a
substitute table - that's
crazy
Judge: Is there
as actual table by
Giacometti? Plaintiff's
lawyer: Yes. But this
table was not genuine
Judge: How was
this table used? Plaintiff's
lawyer: As a foyer table in
our client's Manhattan
apartment.
Judge: Holding
bowls of fruit or keys?
(Laughter)
Plaintiff's
lawyer: He was traveling
internationally but he's back.
We think the deposition should
be here
A status letter
is due in 30 days.
The case is
Stillman v. De Vos, et al.,
23-cv-7802 (Cronan /
Parker)
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