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Dear Friends and Colleagues, We have received numerous inquiries asking for assistance in response to Hurricane Sandy. We will be working tirelessly in the coming weeks assisting with the clean up and repair of artwork affected by the storm system. If you have incurred damage and need assistance evaluating your artwork, our team is ready to help and we will be making on-site evaluations throughout the week. Due to a Verizon phone outage, our voicemail is not working properly. The best way to contact us is by phone during our office hours Monday through Friday 9am - 5pm, or by...

WASHINGTON - A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. government can keep four watercolors signed by Adolf Hitler and millions of photographs taken by the Nazi dictator's personal photographer, ending a 20-year dispute over their ownership. The case began in 1983 when Billy Price of Houston, who collects Nazi memorabilia, joined the heirs of Hitler photographer and friend Heinrich Hoffman and filed suit to obtain the paintings and photos. They charged that the materials were illegally seized by the U.S. Army near the end of World War II. U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. ruled May 30 that...