In the years since, the collection has been subject to numerous claims from alleged heirs, including distant cousins and half-siblings, according to a 2024 report by El País.
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Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
6 Apr. 2026
All of these routes risk undesirable tax consequences or, perhaps worse, ire from heirs.
Mass arbitration — where 25 or more claims against the same company are pooled together — have become more common and provide a greater likelihood of settlement awards for claimants.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
Those claims were denied, leaving claimants until late July to file lawsuits.
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