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NYTIMES (Graham Bowley and Tom Mashberg) - With New Seizures, Value of the Met’s Looted Artifacts Tops $95 Million

The Manhattan district attorney’s office said it secured the return of dozens of ancient artifacts in June, after a process that the museum described as collaborative.

NYTIMES (Zachary Small and Théo Giacometti) - The Fight Between a Watch Heiress and an Art Museum on the French Riviera

An eccentric watch heiress wants to revoke her grandfather’s donation of Jean Cocteau artworks after the museum built to display them was overwhelmed by a freakish storm.

NYTIMES (Tom Mashberg) - Jewish Heirs Say Met Museum Pissarro Was Sold Under Nazi-Era Duress

The museum says a Jewish art dealer received a fair price for the work in 1941. The heirs say sales from that time are considered to have been forced and void under French law.