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KEVORKIAN ESTATE PLANS TO SELL DISPUTED PAINTINGS
By LAURA CRIMALDI
Associated Press
Oct. 27, 2011 - 9:44 am
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published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
The estate of Dr. Jack Kevorkian says it intends to proceed with plans
to auction 17 paintings by the assisted-suicide advocate despite a
legal battle over the art's ownership.
Estate attorney Mayer Morganroth said Thursday he expects buyers will
bid on the paintings even though the Armenian Library and Museum of
America in Watertown, Mass., has refused to turn them over.
The museum says Kevorkian donated the art in 1999. But Morganroth
says the paintings were loaned to the museum but always remained
Kevorkian's property. Kevorkian used a pint of his own blood on one
of the paintings.
Both sides have filed lawsuits.
The auction is scheduled for Friday in New York City.
Kevorkian died in June at age 83. He claimed to have assisted in more
than 130 deaths.
By LAURA CRIMALDI
Associated Press
Oct. 27, 2011 - 9:44 am
Copyright 2011 . All rights reserved. This material may not be
published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
The estate of Dr. Jack Kevorkian says it intends to proceed with plans
to auction 17 paintings by the assisted-suicide advocate despite a
legal battle over the art's ownership.
Estate attorney Mayer Morganroth said Thursday he expects buyers will
bid on the paintings even though the Armenian Library and Museum of
America in Watertown, Mass., has refused to turn them over.
The museum says Kevorkian donated the art in 1999. But Morganroth
says the paintings were loaned to the museum but always remained
Kevorkian's property. Kevorkian used a pint of his own blood on one
of the paintings.
Both sides have filed lawsuits.
The auction is scheduled for Friday in New York City.
Kevorkian died in June at age 83. He claimed to have assisted in more
than 130 deaths.