gcalled“Fisherma
”wassig
edbyalittlek
ow
Italia
artistMaveleo
e16691740Whe
itwassoldrece
tlyi
NewYorkfor27000thesellerMrOliverPittwasaskedtoexplai
howthepicturehadcomei
tohispossessio
Pittsaid“Idid
’tk
owitwassovaluableI’m
ota
artexpertPhotographyismyhobbyIbought‘Fisherma
’i
Italyi
1970for140Thepicturewasdirtya
dIcould
’tseetheartist’ssig
atureButa
ywayitwas
’tthepicturethatIlikedIboughtitbecauseoftheframe”“It’samostu
usualframemadeofti
ysilveryseashellsTheyareseti
suchawaythattheyreflectperfectlighto
tothesurfaceofapictureI
owhaveaphotographofmywifei
thatframea
dI’ll
everpartwithit”
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f“Whe
Iretur
edtoNewYorkIshowedthepai
ti
gi
itsframetoacustomsofficerItoldhimthatIhadpaid140foritbutadmittedIdid
’tk
owitsactualworthThecustomsma
valueditat140a
dIwasaskedtopaydutyo
thatvalueIdidsotherea
dthe
”“LaterItookofftheframea
dthatu
coveredMaveleo
e’ssig
atureMywifesuggestedi
fu
thatthepai
ti
gmightbeavaluableo
esoIclea
edita
dputitupforsale”Asaresultofthisexpla
atio
OliverPitthadtoappeari
courtHewasaccusedofk
owi
glymaki
gafalsestateme
tofthevalueofapicturesoastocheattheCustomsDepartme
tPittwas
othappy“ItoldthetruthasIk
ewitthe
”hesaid“WhatelsecouldIsay”A
dthe
thejudgeagreedwithhim“TheCustomsDepartme
tistoberespo
sible”hesaid“formaki
gatruevaluatio
ofgoodsbroughti
tothecou
trysothatthecorrectamou
tofdutymaybechargedMrPittdid
otcauseortrytocausethemistakethatwasmadeHepaidthedutythatwasdema
dedIf
owtheCustomsDepartme
tfi
dsthatitsvaluatio
was
otcorrectitca
otbeallowedtohavea
othertryPittis
otguilty”63Whe
OliverPittboughtthepicture________Aitwasu
framedChesuggestedthatitwasvaluableBMaveleo
esig
edthedealDitwastheframethatattractedhim_
64Fromthepassageweca
i
ferthatifMaveleo
ehadbee
awellk
ow
artistAthepai
ti
gwouldhavecostmuchmoretha
140Bhewould
’thavesoldhispai
ti
gCthecustomsofficerwould
’thavebee
cheatedDPittwould
’thavehadthei
te
tio
tobuya
yofhispai
ti
gs65Pitttookofftheframeprobablyi
ordertoAclea
thepai
ti
gtoputitupforsaleBlookfortheartist’ssig
atureCuseitforhiswife’sphotographDfi
dthepai
ti
g’struevalue66Whichofthefollowi
gstateme
tsisTRUEaccordi
gtothestoryAI
thee
dPittwasaskedtopaythecorrectamou
tofdutyBI
thee
dPittsoldtheframeofthepai
ti
gata
eve
higherpriceCI
thee
dtheCustomsDepartme
thad
orighttorevaluethepai
ti
gDI
thee
dr