NY County trial court dismisses claim against art appraiser/dealer.

Trial court held that art appraiser/dealer did not have duty to reveal its prior interest in Gauguin’s Paysage Aux Trois Arbres and in the absence of such a duty its allegedly inflated valuation of the painting could not sustain a cause of action.

http://www.nylawyer.com/adgifs/decisions/092707goodman.pdf