[SJackson]

Liz Taylor is approaching her end. She has enjoyed the painting for 44 years...The right thing would be to return the painting. She never “owned” it in the first place. And she can well afford to do so.

I might be confusing cases, but my impression is that Liz isn't the only rich one here, but that she turned down settlement offers. I don't know if it was the case here, but often when neither side is starving, donation to an appropriate museum is often the final resolution. How they share the tax writeoffs I don't know, but you and I foot the bill in the end.

[exit82]

You would think a mutually beneficial solution could be arranged, one in which both parties come out with good publicity.

You can bet if this was a conservative or a Republican who owned this painting, this would be a “cause-celebre” with calls 24/7 to “do the right thing”.