That's interesting - thanks for posting it. His work looks interesting too, with a very American flavour.
As for the ownership, my guess is that it would depend on what the sale of the house included and excluded. If it wasn't specifically included in the sale I'd imagine it belongs to the estate, but perhaps there's a time limit after which stuff becomes the property of the house owner. B > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Tom C > Sent: 11 April 2012 17:12 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: James Castle - Antithesis of Thomas Kinkade > > A local news article about an artist (died 1977) who's work was > discovered in his former house. > > The artwork was stored/hidden in the house possibly as early as the > 1930's. Immediate next of kin are deceased. > > The house was purchased in 1996. The artwork was discovered in 2010. > > Who owns the discovered work? The homeowners, relatives, the > partnership set up to manage his legacy? > > (I'd go with the homeowners) > > http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/04/11/2070716/trial-beginsin-castle- > art-case.html > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Charles_Castle > > https://www.google.com/search?q=james+castle+artwork&hl=en&prmd=imvnso&; > tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=eamFT76XL8fb0QHZ1KXXBw&ved=0CGIQsAQ& > biw=1366&bih=649&sei=Eq2FT4iBE6P40gGp1uneBw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
