An Art Gallery Lost Your Consignment. Now What?

Things go missing. Who hasn’t lost a pair of eyeglasses or their keys? No one is perfect, and so let’s be forgiving of others, right? Maybe not, when what goes missing is artwork consigned to a gallery or auction house. Unsurprisingly, gallery owners and auction house staff have little interest in recalling instances of lost consigned items, but the many lawyers who represent collectors in art transactions are all too familiar and willing to speak to the frequency and the consequences. Galleries...