Who the hell is Tony Rand?
This case makes no sense in so many ways. I have followed it for as long as its been going around. So much of the antiques business is dealing in goods which were stolen at one point in time. The greatest upheaval of possessions takes place during war and such items are scattered to the ' four corners '. They usually end up in an antiques shop or auction house at some point. So are all of these goods considered stolen property which must be returned even well after 100 years? I strongly suspect a great deal of property which belonged to Southern states was stolen during the Civil War.
Really a very odd story.