Dam,
I corresponded with Jim Julia concerning this, at length, and he said this is not the first time he has been in this type situation where an insurance company would seem to possibly have "rights" to an item. One instance he recalled to me was with an original scrimshawed powder horn of great value that he was about to auction, which he was informed had been stolen, then paid for by the insurance company. Jim contacted the insurance company and, after a lengthy description of the object and situation over the phone, the agent asked Jim if he was crazy. Said he, "We don't keep records of claims paid for years on end! Do with it what you will, we don't care!". The insurance company wrote Julia a release and signed it, totally relinquishing any claim to the horn, which BTW, was a $15K to $25K item.
IOW ,this ain't his first rodeo with something like this.
Last edited by Stan; 03/03/10 06:21 PM.
