The issue presented here is whether a museum (here, the Metropolitan Museum of Art) may be liable on account of its curator's allegedly negligent appraisal of a piece of artwork to an individual, who, unbeknownst to the curator or museum, was not the actual owner of the artwork, but rather the consignee who initially purchased the work for resale, purportedly in reliance upon the curator's alleged negligent statements as to the artwork...
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