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Lost Fine Art: The White Duck by Jean-Baptiste Oudry

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His painting “The White Duck” was part of the Walpole collection, which was exhibited at the country house Houghton Hall. Instead, stolen paintings are often used as collateral for drug deals or used to raise fraudulent loans from banks. It was stolen from Houghton Hall in 1992 and since then is considered as disappeared.

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“Appraising in the World of the High-Net-Worth Client”

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Although we are available to help individuals with their questions about art of any value and collections of any size, our larger projects come from those who have been collecting for some time and have amassed a collection of considerable size and value. Displays FAS also has a large warehouse space for collections storage.