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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Court Battle for Ben Wicks Cartoons
:: Posted by Bryan @ 5/15/2007 04:38:00 AM The long-simmering fight over a hoard of cartoons by the late Ben Wicks has begun to heat up again. At issue is the ownership of several garbage bags full of cartoons that Wicks' son Vincent left behind when he moved house in 1992. The people who bought the house discovered the trove of art and attempted to publish them in a book in 2001, at which point they were forced to confront the Wicks family (Wicks died in 2000). Now Wicks' estate (wife Doreen died in 2004) is battling Richard Harnett and family over the collection of 3000 cartoons, valued at $57,000. The cartoons belong in a Ryerson Univeristy archive, the estate argues.
Begun in 2003, the case reached Superior Court in Toronto yesterday and Wicks' daughter has testified that the cartoons, "a national treasure," were left behind accidentally by movers. The trial should drag on for awhile as more witnesses are called (including cartoonist Andy Donato).
Hamilton Spectator
Toronto StarLabels: legal news, Ontario, Toronto
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