A collector is suing Art + Auction magazine for allegedly shattering her 2,630-year-old Nigerian terracotta sculpture during a May 2011 photo shoot at her Tribeca residence. According to this article, the collector, Corice Arman says that “they were setting up the shoot and…[she] heard this enormous crash.”
The work was appraised after the accident at $300,000 and Arman is seeking that amount, plus interest, from Louise Blouin Media, Inc., which owns Art + Auction. The complaint was filed April 24 in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan.
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