PITTSFIELD — Two iconic paintings by Norman Rockwell and other artworks owned by the Berkshire Museum can be sold as planned, after the struggling nonprofit prevailed Tuesday in a Berkshire Superior Court legal challenge.
Judge John Agostini ruled that plaintiffs in two civil actions, and the state Attorney General's Office itself, failed to make their cases to halt a large-scale deaccession by the museum.
The judge is unsparing in his view that the Attorney General's Office conducted an anemic review of the art sale after it was notified about it by the museum in June.
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Date of sale - 11.13.2017 lot 10 Rockwell Barbershop - Est. $ 20,000,000-30,000,000
Date of sale 11.13.2017 lot 11 Durrie - Est. $ 400,000-600,000
Date of sale 11.13.2017 lot 12 La Farge - Est. $ 200,000-300,000
Date of sale 11.13.2017 lot 13 Dewing - Est. $600,000-800,000
Date of sale 11.13.2017 lot 14 St Gaudens - Est. $ 250,000-350,000
Date of sale 11.13.2017 lot 15 Bierstadt white Mts - Est. $ 600,000-800,000
Date of sale 11.13.2017 lot 16 Rockwell, Blacksmith - Est. $ 7,000,000-10,000,000
Date of sale 11.14.2017 lot 52 Henry Moore - Est. $ 400,000-600,000
Date of sale 11.14.2017 lot 53 Picabia - Est. $ 800,000-1,200,000
Date of sale - 11.15.2017 lot 203 - Vuillard - Est. $ 50,000-70,000
Date of sale - 11.15.2017 lot 204 Dufy R. - Est. $ 50,000-70,000
Date of sale - 11.21.2017 lot 18 Bouguereau - Est. $ 2,000,000-2,500,000
Date of sale 11.21.2017 lot 60 Weeks - Est. $ 200,000-300,000
