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Woman who 'bought rare $100,000 Renoir for $7 at flea market' must hand it BACK ...
The Daily Mail Online ^ | January 11, 2014 | Daily Mail Reporter

Posted on 01/11/2014 12:58:24 PM PST by Uncle Chip

to Baltimore Museum where it was stolen more than 60 YEARS ago

The story began with one of those improbable tales of an artistic masterpiece uncovered at a flea market.

It concluded Friday, the painting still a masterpiece but the story about the flea market all the more improbable.

A federal judge has awarded ownership of a disputed Renoir painting to a Baltimore museum, citing 'overwhelming evidence' that the painting had been stolen from the museum more than 60 years ago.

The judge's decision rejected the claims of a Virginia woman, Marcia 'Martha' Fuqua, who maintained that she bought the painting at a flea market for $7, even as others, including her own brother, disputed her story....

As it turned out, Fuqua's mother, who used the name Marcia Fouquet, was an artist who specialized in reproducing paintings from Renoir and other masters, and who had extensive links to Baltimore's art community in the 1950s.

In addition, Fuqua's brother, Owen 'Matt' Fuqua, told a Washington Post reporter that he had seen the painting in the family home numerous times, well before his sister supposedly bought it in 2009, though Matt Fuqua changed his story several times subsequently....

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: art; baltimore; fuqua; maryland; renoir; theft; virginia
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The woman said she did not know the painting was a Renoir when she bought it, even though it was held in a frame with a RENOIR 1841-1919 panel attached.
1 posted on 01/11/2014 12:58:24 PM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Chip

The Daily Mail is nothing but crap. Please refrain from posting their material in the news forum.


2 posted on 01/11/2014 12:59:51 PM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: Uncle Chip

France has seized rare antique cars in the United States for no other reason than they can manipulate the courts and the cars are worth a lot of money. If you find a treasure chest of gold or a rare and famous what-have-you. Dispose (sell) it quietly.


3 posted on 01/11/2014 1:04:07 PM PST by Gen.Blather
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The Daily Mail is nothing but crap. Please refrain from posting their material in the news forum.

Is that now Free Republic policy???

If so, then I think you need to make an official announcement because there are a lot of other people here who post their articles.

4 posted on 01/11/2014 1:06:19 PM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Chip

A $100,000 Renoir must be a sketch inside a matchbook cover.


5 posted on 01/11/2014 1:07:26 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed ("Income Inequality?" Let's start with Washington DC vs. the rest of the nation!)
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To: Atlas Sneezed

The article, which some consider “crap”, says that it was the size of a napkin.


6 posted on 01/11/2014 1:11:38 PM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Chip

Could have been a cheap cooy


7 posted on 01/11/2014 1:12:00 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Uncle Chip

Thanks for posting.


8 posted on 01/11/2014 1:12:49 PM PST by SunTzuWu
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The Daily Mail is nothing but crap.

What MSM isn't?

9 posted on 01/11/2014 1:14:56 PM PST by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: Admin Moderator

Seriously?


10 posted on 01/11/2014 1:16:51 PM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: Uncle Chip

This story is all Fuqua’d up.


11 posted on 01/11/2014 1:17:56 PM PST by Disambiguator
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The Daily Mail is nothing but crap. Please refrain from posting their material in the news forum.

The story appears to be true, there are lots of stories about this case out there on the net.

12 posted on 01/11/2014 1:20:01 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: Uncle Chip

Hardly a day passes without a story posted from The Daily Mail, accompanied by a post or two about why we’re not getting the story in the US press. Sure seems an arbitrary policy if, in fact, it is.


13 posted on 01/11/2014 1:25:08 PM PST by EDINVA
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Whoa there, AM. I REALLY like the Daily Mail material posted here. FRiends find great news and human interest items there that simply don’t get published in the MSM in the States. Why do you say it is “crap”?


14 posted on 01/11/2014 1:26:43 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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Lots of stories on this story from Google News:

https://www.google.com/#q=Marcia+’Martha’+Fuqua++&tbm=nws


15 posted on 01/11/2014 1:27:22 PM PST by deport
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To: Uncle Chip

then someone owes that woman a finders fee


16 posted on 01/11/2014 1:27:36 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Uncle Chip

If the museum had it insured, it belongs to the insurance company.


17 posted on 01/11/2014 1:30:23 PM PST by Forgotten Amendments (I remember when a President having an "enemies list" was a scandal. Now, they have a kill list.)
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Washington Post Article:

‘Flea market’ Renoir ordered back to Baltimore Museum of Art by federal judge


18 posted on 01/11/2014 1:31:17 PM PST by deport
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Had read about it being bought for next to nothing in a flea market, but didn't hear about this little twist.

Thanks for posting.

19 posted on 01/11/2014 1:33:01 PM PST by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert......Nuff said.)
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To: Forgotten Amendments

If the museum had it insured, it belongs to the insurance company.

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The Washington Post aritlce I linked to below your post discusses this in
detail but doesn’t ever mention insurance or payments.


20 posted on 01/11/2014 1:36:06 PM PST by deport
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