Artworks from Manhattan’s Berry Hill Galleries were seized after Berry Hill allegedly defaulted on a $9.5 million debt. However, James Berry Hill,. the owner of the gallery, does not agree that the works were being “seized” but stated that they were simply being sent to a warehouse.
On March 30, U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon had granted an application for an order of seizure, finding that Berry-Hill owed the bank $9.5 million. The Court found that the gallery “secretly sold 223 works of art” and failed to pay sale proceeds to American Capital or hold them aside for the bank.
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