Posted By:
Max WederBarry
You mentioned "The New York Public Library actually has a book that lists all the items that are no longer part of the collection when it was inventoried in 1922". Is a copy of that book accessible? I have a copy of the NYPL Bulletin which lists the inventory that Spalding donated, but I haven't seen anything from the library which lists what is missing. (On another point, is the collection still accessble to the public and still worth viewing on a trip to NYC?)
In B.C., you cannot acquire good title from stolen material, and there is no prescription or limitation period that starts to run in the absence of knowledge by the victim of possession of the material by a particular person.
Does anyone have any thoughts about clear title in NY? Has anyone identified items which probably arose from the Spalding collection being offered for auction or sale recently? Has the NYPL ever taken any legal steps to try and recover any of these items?
Max