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Stop Auctioning!

A New York attorney representing himself accuses the state of letting at least three museums unload artwork to raise operating funds — a violation of laws put in place after the Great Recession led to similar auctions that deprived New Yorkers of enjoying cultural treasures.

/ January 19, 2021
This photo provided by Christie's Images Ltd. 2018 shows Henri Matisse's "Odalisque couchée aux magnolias," part of the collection of oil-family scion David Rockefeller and his wife Peggy, which will auctioned by Christie’s Tuesday evening, May 8, 2018 in New York. The painting, which could sell for $50 million, breaking the sale record for the artist, will be auctioned along with hundreds of artworks including major paintings by Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and works by American artists such as Edward Hopper and Georgia O'Keefe. (Christie's Images Ltd. 2018 via AP)

ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York attorney representing himself accuses the state of letting at least three museums unload artwork to raise operating funds — a violation of laws put in place after the Great Recession led to similar auctions that deprived New Yorkers of enjoying cultural treasures.

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