Christie's auction house failed to reveal Albert Tucker paintings might be forgeries

By Anne Davies
Updated August 1 2014 - 1:13am, first published July 31 2014 - 7:00pm
Barrister Louise McBride, left, who is suing Christie's. Photo: Ben Rushton Photo: Ben Rushton
Barrister Louise McBride, left, who is suing Christie's. Photo: Ben Rushton Photo: Ben Rushton

Supreme Court Judge Patricia Bergin has said she was at a loss to understand why auction house Christie's had failed to notify buyers of fake Albert Tucker paintings when they first suspected they might be forgeries in 2000, and only admitted to problems when irate buyers came to Chistie's a decade later.

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